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Library and Information Management (LIM) Training Programme: 2009-10
by Francis Jayakanth 13 Oct '09

13 Oct '09

Dear Members, The advertisement for the next batch of LIM training program being jointly conducted by the JRD Tata Memorial Library (main library), National Centre for Science Information (NCSI), and the Archives and Publications Cell (APC), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, has been published. For detailed information about the programme and online registration, please visit, http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/trainee/. With best wishes, - Francis NCSI, IISc, Bangalore

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Article Request
by Kshema Prakash 13 Oct '09

13 Oct '09

Apologies for X-postings Dear Colleagues, Can someone kindly spare me a copy of the following reference? Its required by one of our faculty members. Molecular aspects of small molecules-poly(A) interaction: an approach to RNA based drug design. Giri P, Kumar GS. Curr Med Chem. 2009;16(8):965-87. Review.PMID: 19275606 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] * * *Thanks and regards,* *Kshema* * *Dr. (Ms.) Kshema Prakash Faculty Librarian - Gr I, Contact Person e-Journals (Library) & Coordinator - Distance Library Services DEI Central Library Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University) Dayalbagh, Agra 282 0110 Uttar Pradesh, India Mob: +919897190604 http://kshema-distancelibraryservices.blogspot.com/ Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/marie_von_ebnereschenbac.html> - "Even a stopped clock is right twice a day." -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Query: Library software
by divya singh 13 Oct '09

13 Oct '09

Dear Profesionals Thanks for your overwhelming response on my query. Now i would like to know about the Library Manager software. Is anyone using it, if yes, then how's the response. Kindly let me know asap. Regards Divya Resource Person YWCA, Delhi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Innovate India 2009: Conference on Leveraging Innovation for Knowledge Economy
by Puna Das 13 Oct '09

13 Oct '09

Innovate India 2009: Conference on Leveraging Innovation for Knowledge Economy 19-20 November 2009 Venue: J.N. Tata Auditorium, National Science Seminar Complex, IISc, Bengaluru, India Organized by: National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) The conference on "Leveraging Innovation for Knowledge Economy" will provide a platform to forge strong interaction and linkages to entrepreneurs, research scientists and technologists, industrialists, policymakers, investors, bureaucrats, evangelists, etc. It will be an event for highlighting new and emerging technologies from both the R&D sector and the industry.The conference will address some of the existing challenges, resolve to identify problems and arrive at appropriate solutions for organizational development/human resources. This conference will also deal with vital issues such as green innovations, low income markets and social innovations, developing products and services, and above all developing relationships with the innovation systems in the country. Objectives * To stimulate, acquire and exploit of innovations in Manufacturing, Medical, Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology, Education, Agriculture areas. * To Network with R&D institutions, entrepreneurs, industrialists, policymakers, investors, bureaucrats, evangelists, etc. * To Understanding the level of Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) and research collaboration between Academia, Industry and the Government. Thrust Areas * Innovation in building Knowledge Park * Medical Innovation in the light of changing Healthcare Needs * Innovation in Literacy & People Empowerment * Contemporary Issues in Knowledge Dissemination * Innovation for Organizational Development * Management Issues in Innovation * Innovation & Management of Renewable Resources * Innovation in Sustainable Development * Business Intelligence and Strategic Planning * Micro-financing for Rural Innovation * Women Empowerment Major Themes * Building Knowledge Park, Changing Healthcare Market Place, Literacy & People Empowerment / Contemporary Issues in Knowledge Dissemination, Organizational Development / Human Resources, Management Issues in Innovation, Management of Renewal Resources / Green Innovations, Low Income Markets and Social Innovation, Innovation for Sustainable Development, Micro-financing Rural Innovation, Women Empowerment, Business Intelligence. Invitation for Papers Original research-based papers on the conference theme are invited. Papers will be selected for publication in the conference souvenir after review. Participants are advised to submit their papers in the prescribed format as stated under "Guidelines for papers". The authors are advised to send their paper to the organizer at the following address on or before October 31, 2009. V. Raghuram, Regional Manager, National Research Development Corporation, # 107, 8th Main, Malleswaram, Bengaluru – 560 055, India Mobile : +91-9845967027 Phone : +91-80-23341255 Fax: +91-80-23347555 Email: innovate2009[at]nrdc.in; vraghuram[at]nrdc.in Invitation for Poster Presentations The Poster Sessions will provide an excellent opportunity for presentation of R&D findings and are expected to lead to direct interaction with the Delegates. Poster presented on the conference theme is welcome. Posters will be selected for display after review. Posters should be preferably sent in the following format: Size: 23'' X 36'', Title of poster, flow diagram, abstract in 200 words, name(s) of author(s), affiliation(s), address, phone, fax & email. Further Information: http://cssp-jnu.blogspot.com/2009/10/innovate-india-2009-conference-on.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From cricket scores to your friends. Try the Yahoo! India Homepage! http://in.yahoo.com/trynew -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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downtrend in LIS education
by parvathi n 13 Oct '09

13 Oct '09

my only question to all those who are so concerned about the down trend in LIS education is - what is it that they have done to their institutions as alumni after completing their degrees to improve the quality. Have they spent any time with younger generation in their departments to share their experiences and have they contributed to the improvement in infrastructure in any respect? Instead of using it as a topic of discussion to show their proficiency in language, it is better to do some introspection. Dr. N. Parvathamma Now, send attachments up to 25MB with Yahoo! India Mail. Learn how. http://in.overview.mail.yahoo.com/photos -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Koha Workshop Series - Material
by savitra sirohi 13 Oct '09

13 Oct '09

All, Workshop material form our recently concluded Bangalore workshop is available at this link. http://www.osslabs.biz/koha_library_management_system/resources.html Registrations for Delhi, Chennai and Mumbai workshop continue to be open. 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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National Commission on libraries to be set up...
by bjeyapragash prakash 13 Oct '09

13 Oct '09

National Commission on libraries to be set up Surbhi Bhatia, Times of India 12 October 2009 In order to reform the Libraries and Information Services (LIS) sector in India, the government has decided to set up an autonomous National Commission on Libraries. The decision comes after recommendations made by the National Knowledge Commission (NKC). “The NKC had recognised public libraries as an important element of the foundation of a knowledge economy. Hence, we recommended to the government to set up a commission and it has agreed,” said Sam Pitroda, chairman, NKC. “The commission would be set up as a statutory body to address information and learning needs of the citizens of India,” he informed. He said the commission would also oversee the functioning of public and private libraries in India. A national census of all libraries would also be prepared by undertaking a nation-wide survey to know how many public and private libraries exist in India. Collection of census data on libraries would provide baseline data for planning, Pitroda informed at a four-day international conference organised by Delhi University on academic libraries. The NKC recommended that the commission must assess the manpower requirements of the country in the area of LIS management, and take necessary steps to meet the country’s requirement through LIS education and training. “For establishing a well-equipped institute for advanced training and research in library and information science, the government should also set up an Indian Institute of Library and Information Science,” he added. “DU has spent 2.2 crores on subscription of electronic resources. At present, Delhi University Library System (DULS) has access to 30 databases of the world under which students can access around 3,000 journals. And around 25,000 online resources in the form of monographs, conference, proceedings and audio-visual material,” said S Majumdar, university librarian and head of DULS. Regards -- B.Jeyapragash Assistant Librarian Bharathidasan University Tiruchirappalli -24 Mobile :99449-81455 URL: http://jplisbdu.blogspot.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] ABCD : Free Open Source Software (FOSS) for Libraries
by sangeeta dhamdhere 13 Oct '09

13 Oct '09

Dear Divya, ABCD is very good library Automation cum digital library FOSS Free open source software available.It is most recent and covers almost all the needs of librarians and documentalists. I am lucky one who got chance to attend the first workshop and training programme of this software in STIMULATE 8 Program in Nov-Dec 2008 at Vrije Univeristy, Brussels and learn the software from Dr. Prof. Egbert De Smet who is Supervisor of whole ABCD project. It is becoming very popular in USA,UK and African countries. Many well known libraries have converted their database in this software and started using it.As it is new many workshops and training programmes are going on in various countries. ABCD is basically from the ISIS family of UNESCO. It is full-fledged application of integrated library management system. Orignial development of it is centrally managed by Bireme and its own programmers, as the project is supported by Flemish Interuniversity Council (VLIR. ABCD aims at providing an integrated library management tool covering all main functions in a library, i.e. bibliographic database management, users management, loans management, end-user searching on local and external bibliographic databases and library portal. You can download this software from below link http://bvsmodelo.bvsalud.org/php/level.php?lang=en&component=31&item=13 You can refer following link which i have created for tutorials and basic idea of software. https://sites.google.com/site/abcdtutorials/ For more details and features of the software, for arranging training workshops and guidance you can contact De Smet Egbert <egbert.desmet(a)ua.ac.be> prof.dr. Information & Library Science, University of Antwerp, Belgium associated consultant INASP, Oxford UK Supervisor of ABCD project With best regards. Sangeeta Dhamdhere Librarian Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Ganesh-Khind, Pune 411 053 Ph.020-25654021-224 http://moderncollegegk.org/ http://sites.google.com/site/sangeetadhamdhere/ --- On Fri, 9/10/09, lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > From: lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Subject: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 79, Issue 10 > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Date: Friday, 9 October, 2009, 3:15 PM > Send LIS-Forum mailing list > submissions to > lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' > to > lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > You can reach the person managing the list at > lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more > specific > than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. IRMA 30th Anniversary Conference on > Social Science Research > and Public Involvement (Puna Das) > 2. Re: Please Help (Krishna Raghavendra > Yeri) > 3. Re: Please Help (Arup Raychaudhury) > 4. Re: Openings for Non-teaching > Positions (karunakar n) > 5. Free library software (divya singh) > 6. 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Established in 1979, to address the inequality > issues in rural India, IRMA has combined knowledge > production and public action in a symbiotic rhythm. In more > recent times, the scenario of higher education has become > complex. Specialization has come at the cost of > 'appropriateness'; collaborations and financing patterns > have eclipsed the right questions; usability of knowledge is > diluted in the struggle between truth and power; information > abundance has made it difficult to distinguish wheat and > chaff in the knowledge world; marketization of research has > produced paradoxical effects; Apart from these concerns, > public action agenda and policy making has often been > ideology-driven than evidence-driven. The nature of social > science research needs to be revisited for its relevance > and > revitalization. > > IRMA invites papers on wide-ranging topics around this > conference theme (as delineated in the concept note in the > conference website). The paper abstracts are to be sent to > 30irma[at]irma.ac.in before 25 October 2009. > > Important themes are: > - Collaborations in Social Research > - Financing of Social Research > - Social accountability in knowledge production and > dissemination > - Social science research in vernacular languages > - Evidence-based policy making > - Revisiting methods > - Learning from evaluation research > - Politics of knowledge creation > > Important Dates > - Last date to receive abstracts 25 October 2009 > - Decision on abstracts 2 November 2009 > - Full Papers to be sent by 30 November 2009 > - Conference dates 15-16 December 2009 > > Please send the abstracts to: 30irma[at]irma.ac.in > > Travel, Boarding and Lodging Facilities > Authors of the selected full papers will be reimbursed with > travel allowance, and free boarding and lodging facilities > for the stay during the conference. > > Further Details > http://cssp-jnu.blogspot.com/2009/10/irma-conference-on-social-science.html > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Anup Kumar Das > New Delhi, India > http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > Connect more, do more and share more > with Yahoo! 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Hope > it is helpful to your faculty. > > Thank you. > > > Krishna Yeri > Librarian > Institute of Rural Management Anand > Post Box No.60 > Anand 388 001 > Gujarat India > > Tel: 91 02692 260391 263260 260181 > 02692 221671 (D) > Fax: 91 02692 260188 > > url: http://www.irma.ac.in ( http://www.irma.ac.in/ ) > > > >>> "G. K. Sachdeva" <gksachdeva30(a)gmail.com> > 10/8/2009 2:19 PM >>> > > Dear Library Professionals > > Greetings!!!!! > > Please Help. My faculty member want a some data on ?Total > Enrolment in > Higher Education in Haryana?. > > Thanks & Regards > > Gulshan Kr. 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Stimulate-2010: International Training Programme on Information-Grants available
by Shamprasad Pujar 13 Oct '09

13 Oct '09

Dear Members, Stimulate-2010 an International Training Program offers a learning environment to information experts in the area of science and technology, who are in the early phase of their career. The aims are to sharpen their skills in collecting, storing, retrieving, presenting and managing information. This can be of great benefit to the teaching and research activities going on in their institute and to the further development of their organization and region. The training is offered for a period of 3 months mainly in Brussels, Belgium. Grants/Scholarships are available for minimum 12 and maximum 15 participants from selected developing countries. The ideal age limit considered for applying the grants/scholarship is younger than 40 years. The last date for applying scholarship is by the end of January 2010. You may take this opportunity to apply for this training programme. More information regarding the training programme and grants/scholarships is available at: http://www.vub.ac.be/BIBLIO/itp/stimulate10/stimulate10-announcement.htm With best Wishes, Dr Shamprasad M. Pujar Commonwealth Professional Fellow-2008 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 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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Obituary -- Mr. MP Govidaraj
by hrmohan＠vsnl.com 12 Oct '09

12 Oct '09

Dear all, With regret, I inform the members of LIS community about the demise of Mr. M.P. Govidaraj(MPG), Retd. Chief Librarian of The Hindu on Sunday, 11th evening. Mr. MPG, a seasoned librarian, was very close to Dr. SR Ranganthan. Mr. MPG had served as Secretary, Local Library Authority (LLA) and he was one of the first to be deputed for training at Croydon Central Library at UK by the Govt. of TN. Mr. MPG has contributed extensively for The Hindu Index and a no. of compilations under "The Hindu Speaks" series. Also, he has to his credit a no. of papers at LIS conferences both in India and abroad. Mr. MPG was the Secretary of MALA during 70s. Ms. Selvi, one of his three daughters is serving at the Madras Univ. Library. May we pray the ALMIGHTY for his soul to rest in peace and provide strength to his family members to meet this loss. HR Mohan -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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