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Kindly Circulate
by khaiser nikam 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

-- Dear professional colleagues and our alumnae On behalf of the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore, all our faculty members and the students of MLISc, Research Scholars join me in inviting all of you for the prestigious lecture series of the department entitled “*INFORMATICS ENDOWMENT LECTURE SERIES ON DIGITAL LIBRARIES - 7”. *This time we are honoured to have* Prof. Srinivasan Ramani* Ph. D , IIITB & HP Labs India , who is going to speak on *“**Structured Information and Information Technology”, *on* *Wednesday the 10th of Feb’ 2010, at 3.30 pm, at Rani Bahadur Auditorium, Bahadur Institute of Management Science, Manasagangotri, Mysore-570006. Earlier Prof. S Sadagopan, Prof. N Balakrishnan, Prof. Jayanth R Haritsa, Dr. P Anandan, Prof. Vijay V. Raghavan and Sri. Chintan Mehta have been on the panel of speakers. We will be very happy if all of you can attend the lecture and make it a success. Kindly treat this as our personal invitation. The lecture will be followed by *Cultural Program *by Dr. Sheela Sridhar and group of University Fine Arts College, Mysore. * * In anticipation of your arrival. Prof. Khaiser Nikam Chairperson & Faculty members and students Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Mysore RSVP: 98453 28672 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Two-Day National Level Workshop On Learning Management Systems (LMS)
by DINESH SIDDAIAH 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

Dear Friends, NAGARJUNA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, (NBA Accredited & An ISO 9001-2008 Certified Institution, Recognised by AICTE, Affiliated to VTU), Devanahalli, Bangalore is Organising VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITRY (VTU) SPONSORED TWO-DAY NATIONAL LEVEL WORKSHOP On LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (LMS) On 26th (Friday) & 27th (Saturday) March 2010 Target Audience: Library and Information Science Professionals and Teaching Faculties from graduate, post graduate, research institutes and universities. Resource Persons: Eminent faculties from Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) and Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT-B), Bangalore Number of Participants is Limited to 60. Registration Fee: Rs. 400.00 Last Date for Registration: 5th March 2010 (Friday) Transportation facility is available from the important areas of Bangalore. Accommodation will be arranged with in the campus with reasonable rates. Download Brochure and Registration Forms www.nagarjunaknowledgecentre.webs.com/workshoponlms.htm About the Workshop: A Learning Management System (LMS) is used to organise an online learning environment. Typically an LMS provides the means to track users, assess performance, deploy content, and access general administrative functions such as management of users’ records. It will greatly facilitate the conduct of a course. In formal degree programs it can support all activities from registration to the awards of grades to the students. The server on which this LMS runs is usually located in the college or department or any where in the world. The instructor and the learners can access the system from anywhere with an Internet connection. At its most basic level, an LMS gives educators tools to create a course website and provide access control, so only controlled students can view it. Aside from access control, LMS offers a wide variety of tools to make learning more effective. It provide an easy way to upload and share materials, hold online discussions, and chats, give quizzes and surveys, gather and review assignments, and record grades. Moodle is an open source LMS that university, colleges, businesses, and even individual instructors use to create and manage their courses. More than 30,000 educational organizations around the world currently use Moodle to deliver online courses and supplement traditional face-to-face courses. Moodle is designed to help educators to create online courses with opportunities for rich interaction. Its open source license and modular design means that people can develop additional functionality. The Workshop facilitates the participants to create and conduct a course on the Learning Management System using Moodle. About the College: Nagarjuna College of Engineering and Technology (NCET) was established in the year 2001 by Nagarjuna Education Society, Bangalore which is supported by Nagarjuna Construction Company. College is situated in sprawling campus of 70 acres with the state of the art facilities. It is renowned for providing value based quality education to prepare students for challenges of the outside world and creating favourable environment for learning. Through its pursuits of Excellency in education it aims at serve the growing needs of today’s progressive society. The founder, Shri. J. V. Ranga Raju, a leading industrialist and philanthropist, whose endeavor has been to motivate the younger generation to dream big and strive towards the fruition of their dreams. College is well connected to NH-7 (Bangalore – Hyderabad Highway) and it is just 15 kms from the Bangalore International Airport. Nandi Hills, Muddenahalli (Birth Place of Sir. M. Visvesvaraya), Devanahalli (Birth Place of Tippu Sultan) are the well-known, must-see tourist spots situated very close by. Registration Options: Filled Registration forms along with the registration fee may be sent in the prescribed format on or before 5th March 2010. Download Registration form, *www. nagarjunaknowledgecentre.webs.com/Registration%20Form.pdf<http://www.nagarjunaknowledgecentre.webs.com/workshoponlms.htm> * Registration Forms can also be obtained by sending request to dinesh.ncet(a)gmail.com The following registration format may also be used: Name: Designation: Educational Qualification: Name of the Institution: Mailing Address: Telephone: Mobile: E-Mail: Fee Remittance Details: DD No. ..................................... dated ............................. for Rs. 400.00 in favor of “Principal, Nagarjuna College of Engineering and Technology” Payable at Bangalore. Signature of the Participant Signature of the Head of the Institution Address for Communication: Dr. Dinesh K. S. Organizing Secretary & Librarian (Sl. Gr.), Nagarjuna College of Engineering & Technology, Venkatagirikote, Devanahalli, Bangalore District, PIN: 562 110. Phone: 09845102382 E-Mail: dinesh.ncet(a)gmail.com ----------------- Thanking You, Dinesh K. S. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article Required
by ravish krishnamurthy 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

Dear All, Can any one please help me in getting this artcle at the earliest, which is badly in need to one of our Professor. Tiwary, Ojha, Arun Kumar, “Corporate Governance in India: What it Means and What it needs?”, The Indian Journal of Commerce, New Delhi, Oct-Dec,1998, p.154. Thanks and Regards, Ravish Krishnamurthy -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NDLTD ETD Awards - Call for Nominations - Reminder - Feb. 15th Deadline
by Mailing List Admin 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

FYI For details, visit, http://lists.lib.sun.ac.za/pipermail/scholar/2010-January/000023.html 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

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Book fair- Query (fwd)
by Mailing List Admin 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 16:07:03 +0530 From: Satyavrat Kumar <satyavrat.du(a)gmail.com> Dear Divya, The word that u select is not appropriate, actually it is called book exhibition, Satyavrat G D GOENKA WORLD INSTITUTE satyavrat.kumar(a)gdgoenka.ac.in On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Mailing List Admin < mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto: >> lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of divya singh >> Sent: 03 फरवर� EURO 2010 14:03 >> To: LIS >> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Book fair- Query >> >> Dear All >> >> We would like to organise a small level book fair in our institute. Can >> you >> please let me know how to go about it. Suggestions are welcome from those >> who had already organised the one in their organisations. >> >> >> Regards >> >> Divya Singh >> Resource Centre Incharge >> YWCA, Delhi

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Open Thesis
by Shamprasad Pujar 04 Feb '10

04 Feb '10

Dear Members, Now you may search, upload or download many of the full text of theses/dissertations/other academic documents submitted to various universities in all parts of the world in different subject areas using Open Thesis free database. You may find more information and search this database at: http://www.openthesis.org Interested Institutions may participate in this project and get a collection specific homepage. With best Regards, Dr Shamprasad M. Pujar Deputy Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen Vaidya Marg, Film City Road, Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065, India Phone: 91-22-2841 6547 ; 2840 0919 Ext: 547 E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in Skype: sham.pujar URL: http://www.igidr.ac.in Blog: http://spujar.wordpress.com -- 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 Web Based Library Services
by SUNIL M.V. 04 Feb '10

04 Feb '10

Dear Friends, JSS College for Women (Autonomous), Mysore in collaboration with SDM Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD), Mysore is organizing a UGC sponsored two-day National Seminar on Web Based Library Services between March 5 and 6, 2010. For more information please visit the seminar site http://www.sdmimd.ac.in/jssseminar2010 Regards, Sunil MV Librarian SDM Institute for Management Development No. 1, Chamundi Hill Road Siddartha Nagar, Mysore Phone : 0821 - 2420490/491 2429722/161 Fax: 0821-2425557 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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E - book reader from Kerala Based Firm
by Saji S Nair 04 Feb '10

04 Feb '10

Dear All, EC Media e-reader will shortly be one of the additions in E-book reader's family. As it claims, the gadget is available in 6 and 9 inch screen formats, with touch screen interface, annotations, text-to-speech, multiple language support, wireless internet capability, and also make use of Digital Rights Management technologies. This E-reader is the concept of DC Books, one of the leading publishers in India. It will be available in the market within a couple of months. Read the full story at: http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do… With warm regards -- Saji S. Nair Library & Information Services Division Regional Cancer Centre Medical College Campus Trivandrum - 695011 Kerala, INDIA ----------------------------------------------------------- 91 471 2522225 (O) 91 471 2394252 (R) 09446014130 (Mob) Email: saji(a)rcctvm.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Koha 3.2 Release - Alpha
by savitra sirohi 04 Feb '10

04 Feb '10

All, Koha 3.2 "Alpha" has been released. This release has following improvements: A revamped acquisitions module An improved system preference editor Improved patron card and item label creator Email checkout slips Branch transfer limits Support for Syndetics, LibraryThing, and Babeltheque enhanced content Improvements in Koha's ability to express circulation policies Bulk item editing Fines in days Revamped inventory/stocktaking Circulation policies improvements A demo is available at this page: http://www.osslabs.biz/koha_library_management_system/demo.html Thanks, Savitra Sirohi Nucsoft OSS Labs http://www.osslabs.biz -- 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 Baban Chavan 04 Feb '10

04 Feb '10

Dear professional Kindly send me the following articles .Urgently required. 1. Analyzing the Library Periodical Literature: Content and Authorship. Buttlar, Lois<http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/Home.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=ERIC…> College and Research Libraries, v52 n1 p38-53 Jan 1991 ERIC 2. A content analysis of library & information science serial literature published in Denmark, 1957-1986 KAJBERG L. Library & information science research *ISSN* 0740-8188 *CODEN* LISRDH 1996, vol. 18, no1, pp. 25-52 (1 p.3/4) Elsevier, San Diego, CA, ETATS-UNIS (1983) (Revue) 3. Understanding the Context of Scholarly Work Are library and information science journals becoming more internationalized? - A longitudinal study of authors' geographical affiliations in 20 LIS journals from 1981 to 2003 Sei-Ching Joanna Sin School of Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Room 4217 Helen C. White Hall, 600 N. Park Street, Madison, WI 53706 Pl do the needful With kind regards B.V.Chavan Librarian Sangamner College Sangamner maharashtra E-mail- babanchavan(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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