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UGC NET Coaching
by Dr. K M Haneefa 05 Oct '09

05 Oct '09

UGC NET Coaching The Department of Library and Information Science, University of Calicut will provide coaching for UGC NET Examination (comprising Papers I, II and III) scheduled on December 2009. The classes will be organized on holidays depending on the convenience of the candidates as well as faculty members. The methods of coaching will be through class work, tutorials, work assignments followed by discussion and face to face interactions. Candidates interested in enrolling for the classes should contact the course coordinator (mobile phone no. 9847527564, 9847472766). Classes commence from October 10, 2009. Dr. Mohamed Haneefa K Lecturer Dept. of Library & Information Science University of Calicut, Kerala, India Phone (Office) :+91-494-2401144* 286 Mobile No. 09895622811 E-mail ID: hanee4u(a)gmail.com Dept. Blog:http://cudlisc.blogspot.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitation to visit Total IT Solutions at ICAL-2009
by Shilpi Jain 05 Oct '09

05 Oct '09

CONFERENCE INVITATION ICAL - 2009 The First Company in India to Develop and Launch SaaS Solution for the Libraries An ISO 9001 : 2008 Certified Company Greetings !! Total IT team invites you to visit Total IT Solutionsstall at the "International Conference on Academic Libraries (ICAL-2009) between 5th to 8th October, 2009 organized by Delhi University Library System at Universityof Delhi(North Campus), Delhi, INDIA". PRODUCTS & SERVICES OFFERED 1. E-Resources Management and Search Solution (ERMSS) (www.ermass.com) Â : It is a customized solution to manage & provide single article level search on physical resources + subscribed e-resources of the library + digital resources of the library + open access contents available on internet. 2. Global Online Subscription (GOS) : Buy Books & Journals Online (www.globalonlinesubscription.com) : The only internet based sales portal that integrates all reading needs in. It Contains books, journals, magazines, e-learning courses and online databases. It provides a reliable, secure, powerful but simple solution to search and buy resources like books, magazines, journals, available in both print and online form as well as e-learning courses and online databases. 3. Digitization : We undertake the transformation services from original materials into a Digitized format. We do the conversion of Journals, Books, Thesis, Publications, and Projects into "Digital Content". Our digitization services are available to support a variety of University Projects, Commercial Publishers, and Institute's Publication etc. 4. E-Publishing Services: It provides facilities like manuscript submission, manuscript processing, editorial board management, e-content hosting, management and search solution. It integrates subscription management software and e-commerce features with the website. 5. 3M RFID & EM Solutions : We provide RFID Security Solutions to the libraries as it brings new functionality, such as multiple item checkout and check-in, rapid inventories on shelves, and book returns with instant item identification, automatic re-activation of the anti-theft function and database update. 6. Virtual Library Solution : It is a customized software solution to manage library Digital Archives / Internet Based resources. This is an effective management & search tool for the librarians to manage Digital / Internet Based contents and provide a single window search interface to information seeker like researcher, library members, student's etc, One can access all the e-resources / digital content in the same interface by using various search parameters. 7. EQuest Internet Based Digital Library Service : Subscription based facility (SaaS Based Service) to the institution to create their Institute Digital library along with the facility to manage, store and provide search on all the articles downloaded in an institution. Our International presence: On setting quality standards, we have stopped counting our clients. We have our channel partner network in Singapore, Malaysia, Nigeria, Brunei and Middle-East. We are looking at Europe, USA and other emerging markets to expand our network by the means of channel partners, consultants and representative offices. With Regards Udayan Ghosh Total IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 514, Suneja Tower-1, District Centre, Janak Puri New Delhi110058 (India) Mobile: +91 9312939391 Phone: +91 11 25833321/23 Email: udayan(a)totalit.co.in Fax: +91 11 25833320 Website: www.totalit.co.in ________________________________ Now, send attachments up to 25MB with Yahoo! India Mail. Learn how. ________________________________ Keep up with people you care about with Yahoo! India Mail. Learn how. Add whatever you love to the Yahoo! India homepage. Try now! 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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COnference alert - Role of open source software in libraries - Call for papers
by Shibu Ray. S 05 Oct '09

05 Oct '09

Dear Professionals, Cochin University of Science and Technology is organising UGC sponsored National Conference on 24th and 25th of November 2009.. Theme of the conference is “ROLE OF OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARES IN LIBRARIES”. Papers are invited on the above theme and its sub-themes. Important Dates Last date for paper submission : October 30,2009 Acceptance notification : November 5,2009 Registration : November 15, 2009 For more information please visit http://library.cusat.ac.in/ncoss.htm regards Shibu Ray.S Assistant Librarian, School of Management Studies, CUSAT, Kochi - 682 022. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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IFLA-ALP Scholarships 2010
by J. K. Vijayakumar 04 Oct '09

04 Oct '09

1. "Training Attachments Asia and Oceania" The four-week Training Attachments are designed to afford an opportunity to middle level library and information workers from developing countries who wish to gain experience and hands-on exposure from more advanced environments. The areas identified for such training are library management, information technology, preservation, rural librarianship and literacy work. The candidates must be less than 40 years old. More details at http://archive.ifla.org/VI/1/admin/trasia.htm 2. "Scholarships Asia and Oceania" Middle level professionals and technical specialists (computing staff) working in libraries in libraries/information centres in Asia and Oceania may apply. The candidates must be less than 46 years old. They must have an undergraduate degree and basic IT Skills. The scholarship will enable the recipient to gain experience and hands-on exposure in a professionally advanced environment at a recognized institution in Asia and Oceania. The scholarship period will not exceed six weeks. More details at http://archive.ifla.org/VI/1/admin/scholarasia.htm In both cases, the applications should be received at the latest, by 31 December. To find out more about IFLA-ALP visit http://www.ifla.org/en/alp -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Jay Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program
by J. K. Vijayakumar 04 Oct '09

04 Oct '09

On an annual basis, up to six individuals, including a theological librarian, are selected for participation in this intensive five-week Fellowship program. Four weeks are based at OCLC's headquarters in Dublin, Ohio, USA; one week is based at OCLC in Leiden, Netherlands. The program gives Fellows opportunities to meet with leading information practitioners, visit libraries, and explore topics including information technologies, library operations and management, and global cooperative librarianship. The Fellows visit selected North American and European libraries, cultural heritage institutions and library organizations. The Fellows also observe OCLC's governance structure in action, gaining insight into issues affecting the global library cooperative. Fellows give presentations about their home countries and libraries, meet leading information professionals and discuss real-world solutions to the challenges facing libraries today. The Fellows translate their learning and experiences into specific professional development plans that guide their continued growth as well as their personal contributions to their home institutions and country of origin. More details here http://www.oclc.org/us/en/community/careerdevelopment/fellows/default.htm -- -- -- Dr. J. K. VIJAYAKUMAR IFLA-OCLC Fellow - 2002 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DELNET-SLA Lecture at IIC, New Delhi on October 7, 2009
by Sangeeta Kaul 02 Oct '09

02 Oct '09

========================================================================= Kindly confirm your participation please. ========================================================================= DELNET - Developing Library Network and Asian Chapter- Special Libraries Association (SLA) cordially invite you to a lecture on �Advocating for the Value of Information Professionals in the Workplace� by Janice R. Lachance CEO, Special Libraries Association (SLA), USA on Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. at India International Centre, (Conference Room No. I ) 40 Lodi Estate New Delhi 11003 Tea : 6:00 pm RSVP : 011-2674222 A Brief Profile of Janice Lachance Janice R Lachance, SLA's Chief Executive Officer since 2003, is a popular speaker and commentator and the champion, spokesperson and global ambassador for SLA and its 11,000 members working in 75 countries on five continents. As CEO of SLA, Janice led a r eformulation of the association's mission, vision and value statements and its strategic plan. She also re-engineered the association's professional development program to meet the needs of information professionals across corporate, academic and governme nt settings by creating SLA's online Click University. She expanded SLA's public policy program, which has increased the association's influence in legislative, judicial and international proceedings, and has worked in support of an open, robust and indep endent Internet. Currently, she leads a multiyear comprehensive research effort to create a shared, evidence based vision of the future role of the information professional. She is also a member of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFL A) President's Working Group on the Information Society, where she focuses on Internet governance issues. A leader in her profession, an expert in governance, and a dedicated community volunteer, she is a Member of the Joint Board of Directors and Chair of the CEO Advisory Board of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) and The Center for Assoc iation Leadership. Janice is also a Fellow and Member of the Board of Directors of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) and a member of the Standing Committee of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Section on Management of Library Associations. _______________________________________________________________________________ Dr Sangeeta Kaul Network Manager DELNET-Developing Library Network Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus Nelson Mandela Road Vasant Kunj New Delhi-110070 Tel: 91-11-26742222, 32471010, 32471002, 32471011 Fax: 91-11-26741122 Email: sangs(a)delnet.ren.nic.in, sangskaul2003(a)yahoo.co.in, sangskaul(a)gmail.com Web : www.delnet.nic.in ________________________________________________________________________________ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Who is resposible:It is not associations it is information that has changed the dynamics of LIS
by Vasanth 01 Oct '09

01 Oct '09

Dear Sir/Madam, In response to recent discussion thread: Who is responsible (dated 29th Sept 2009) I wanted to share my thoughts in this regard. The decline of LIS profession is not because of associations or curriculum, but it is because of information and its wide spread availability in different form through contemporary technologies. >From time immemorial libraries were the major source of information. But ever since WWW became public, it has radically altered the dynamics of information dissemination. Google, Amazon (if you have Kindle reading device, certainly you will not visit library), Microsoft, and Yahoo time and again came up with new information delivery products (Google Scholar, Windows live and many more). These tools were very easy to use then some of the traditional information retrieval tools. This aspects gives them an advantage to become very famous. Initially librarians have thought that Google, Amazon, and other similar companies would not come into the way of libraries. But it was the other way around. PEW Internet and American Life Project surveys, OCLC College Students Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resource survey and Taiga reports all have shown that today's information users are no more think that library is the primary source of information. They are very much relied on Google or other similar products. There were efforts to design library OPACs interface to look like that of Google search interface just to keep information users away from Google. But all these efforts have failed to give positive results. Google has gone further ahead from digitization to publishing books online. The mission statements of Google, ALA and Australian Library and Information Association have closely complemented with each other. Google mission is to organize the world information and make it useful. The mission statement of the American Library Association (ALA) includes the aim of ensuring "access to information for all". Similarly, objectives of the Australian library and Information Association relate to information provision and include promoting "the free flow of information and ideas". (The above verbatim(mission statements) is taken from Waller recent study on "The relationship between public libraries and Google: Too much information" which is appeared in the recent issue of First Monday) This clearly depicts Google's mission to organize and disseminate world information which is similar to that of ALA and Australian Library and Information Association goals. Somewhere this echo as a replace for libraries. All this happenings were closely watched by LIS professionals and organizations around the world and have shown keen interest to refine the identity of LIS profession. This interest has given birth to I-schools (information schools)in US and Canada initially and later in other parts of the world( International School of Information Management-ISiM is an example for that in India). One of the reason to start I-schools is the explosive growth of digital information(http://www.ischools.org). I-schools have engaging in social informatics, data mining, Sociology of Science, Linguistics, discourse analysis, media studies, spatial information, natural language processing, cyberinfrastructre, philosophy of science, information visualization, political economics of information etc. Students of varied background ranging from literature to hard core software professionals are joining I-schools. Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary nature of research is emerging from this. It is time for us to think in this direction. Google has come up with another new venture of publishing books online. This has already triggered lot of interest and apprehension among authors, publishers, vendors and libraries. If Google succeeds in this deal, it will have a bigger impact on book industry and libraries. Will stop this long write up with Bob Dylan song .... It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.... ------------------------- With best wishes Vasantha Raju N Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy in Bangalore
by Ali, K. S 01 Oct '09

01 Oct '09

Dear Friends, Application for the post of Librarian in Brindavan College, Bhoopasandra, Bangalore Post – Librarian Qualification: MLISc Experience: 2-3 years Send email or post your resume with copy of marks cards and photos on are before 5-10-2009. *Address:* Principal Brindavan College 2nd Cross, 2th Cross Bhoopasandra, Bangalore, Karnataka 560094 masabha(a)yahoo.com with regards Ali K S LIM Trainee NCSI and JRD TATA Memorial Library Indian Institute of Science(IISc) Bangalore - 560012 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Internet Resources Newsletter - October Issue now available
by MacLeod, Roderick A 30 Sep '09

30 Sep '09

The latest edition of the FREE monthly newsletter for academics, students and researchers is now available at: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn176/irn176.html No subscription or registration is needed to access this full-text newsletter at the above site. You can also subscribe to the free, full-text email version at: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.html There's also an RSS feed for the newsletter: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.rss Featured in this issue: Comment Internet Resources Newsletter by email and RSS Random Quotes News items of interest A-Z New & Notable Web Sites: About 100 new and notable websites: new services, ejournals, directories, search engines, publishers, social networks, government sites, booksellers, calls for papers, software, news services, conferences, research groups, plus anything else of interest, etc, etc. Nice Web Site(s): Mendeley Blogorama and Twittersphere Selected interesting blogs, RSS feeds, Twitter items, related news items, etc Recent Internet Books in the Library Get a life! Leisure Time After hours Published by Heriot-Watt University Library, and edited by Roddy MacLeod (R.A.MacLeod(a)hw.ac.uk) Catherine Ure and Marion Kennedy -- Heriot-Watt University is a Scottish charity registered under charity number SC000278. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy in Bangalore
by Ali, K. S 30 Sep '09

30 Sep '09

Dear Friends, ** ** *Seshadripuram Institutions* 27, Nagappa Street, Seshadripuram Bangalore - 560 020 Phone: 22955350 *www.set.edu.in* ** *Librarian* 1. I or high II class Basic Degree + Master of Library & Information Science (M.Lib. Sc.) from a recognized University. 2. 2-3 years experience after obtaining M.Lib. Sc. In a College or University Library. 3. Basic skills in using computer and software packages for library automation and networking. *Assistant **Librarian* 1. Bachelor's Degree + Degree in Library & information Science from a recognized University. 2. Knowledge of using computer and library software for automation and networking. *Desirable: * 1. 2-3 years working experience in an academic library. 2. Experience or classification of books and other related technical work. *Librarian Assistant* 1. 2 years Diploma course offered by the Board of Technical Education in Karnataka. 2. Basic knowledge of using computers in library working system or a certificate in computer course recognized by AICTE. *Walk-in-Interview on Sunday the 4th October 2009* at 10.00 am. Eligible candidates may attend interview at Seshadripuram Campus along with handwritten application, bio-data, copies of certificates and testimonials. Resume may be sent in advance electronically. *N.R. Pandith Aradhya* President *Dr. Wooday P.Krishna* Hon. General Secretary with regards Ali K S LIM Trainee -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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