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Rename professional names
by Dr.Dineshan K 07 Aug '09

07 Aug '09

Dear Professional Colleagues, It is high time to think of a structural change in the name by which each grade of professional is to be known. Librarians of different grades are known by different names. Also, is the name ‘librarian’ itself is suitable at present? There is a tendency to equate the professionals with clerks who are still known as Assistants (Therefore the name Assistant, Deputy etc are still prevalent). The ghost of Mecaulay is still alive. With the drastic changes in the professional duties and responsibilities it is high time to rename the librarians on par with managers. There is no meaning in calling librarians as Library Assistant, Assistant Librarian, Deputy Librarian etc. Even the positive step taken by the UGC in renaming the teaching positions is not seen in the case of librarians. I may suggest that Librarians in Universities and Colleges be renamed as: 1. *General Manager (Information)-University Librarian* *2. Administrative Manager (Information)- Deputy Librarian* *3. Information Manager- Assistant Librarian/College Librarian* *4. Information Officer - Professional Assistant * Librarians in special libraries be known by the name ‘Scientists (Information)’ Professional colleagues and Professional Associations have to discuss the matter right now so that a positive change may be brought to our profession. With regards, -- Dr.Dineshan Koovakkai Calicut University Study Centre P.T.Usha Road Kozhikode-673 032 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DLA invites to 7th S R Ranganathan Memorial Lecture
by Rajesh Bhardwaj 07 Aug '09

07 Aug '09

*The Members of the Executive Committee of the* *Delhi Library Association* *Cordially invite you to its* *7th S R Ranganathan Memorial Lecture* on Wednesday, the 12th August 2009 at 10.30 a.m. in Ranganathan Bhawan, 'C' Block Community Centre, Naraina Vihar, New Delhi - 110028 *Dr. Jagdish Arora, Director, INFLIBNET *Centre Ahmedabad will deliver the lecture on *Web 2.0 & Library 2.0 : Innovative Technologies for Building Libraries of Tomorrow* *Programme * Lighting the Lamp Saraswati Vandana DLA School of LIS Welcome Mr. M L Kachroo Briefing Prof. C P Vashishth Lecture Dr. Jagdish Arora Vote of Thanks Dr. Sunil Kumar Tea For more details please visit http://www.dlaindia.org/ or contact to Prof. C P Vashishth <http://dlaindia.org/publications.htm#Rate> or mail at cpv_36(a)yahoo.co.in -- Kind regards. Rajesh Kr. Bhardwaj, M-9818603208, http://www.rajweb.name Area Convenor and Librarian, Library and Information Centre, TERI The Energy and Resources Institute, Darbari Seth Block IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110 003- (India) Tel. +91 11 2468 2100, 2468 2111 Ext 2724 Fax +91 11 2468 2144, 2468 2145, E-mail bhardwaj(a)teri.res.in Web site www.teriin.org -- 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 ramesh chander 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

Dear members, I need of this article, if anybody has access to it, please send me a soft copy of this. The details of the article is as follows: THE SCIENTIFIC SPIRIT IN RELIGION Author: R. E. E. Harkness DOI: 10.1080/00344080280230814 Published in: journal Religious Education, Volume 23, Issue 8 October 1928 , pages 784 - 788 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- With Best Regards, Romesh Chander National Center for Science Information(NCSI), Indian Institue of Science, Bangalore-560012. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Wolfram|Alpha's: Computational Knowledge Engine
by Shriram Pandey 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

Dear Professionals, Wolfram|Alpha's long-term goal is to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable and accessible to everyone. The aim of this search engine to collect and curate all objective data; implement every known model, method, and algorithm; and make it possible to compute whatever can be computed about anything. the goal is to build on the achievements of science and other systematization of knowledge to provide a single source that can be relied on by everyone for definitive answers to factual queries. Wolfram|Alpha aims to bring expert-level knowledge and capabilities to the broadest possible range of people—spanning all professions and education levels. Goal is to accept completely free-form input, and to serve as a knowledge engine that generates powerful results and presents them with maximum clarity. Lets stat the journey of semantic searching by http://www00.wolframalpha.com/ How to search guide is available at :http://www00.wolframalpha.com/examples/ -- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Regards, Shri Ram Pandey - Asst. Librarian The LNM Institute of Information Technology Rupa ki Nangal, Post-Sumel, Via-Jamdoli Jaipur-302 031, (Rajasthan) INDIA Tel: 0141-5189211(Ext-253(O),324(H)) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[ELF (E-Group for Engineering Librarians)] VTU plans its own ‘IIT’
by K.R.Mulla, LIS Professional from India, working as Librarian 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

[http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=VTU+plans+its+own+%E2%8…] BANGALORE: It has been 10 years since the Visvesvaraya Technological University(VTU) was established to impart technical education across the state. Yet the university has not made its mark in research activities. Towards this end, the university has decided to set up its own research institute on the lines of IIT or IISc. To draw up a blueprint for its own IIT, VTU had set up a committee under the chairmanship of Goa University former Vice- Chancellor B S Sonde. The committee report - which lists the vision, mission, aims and objectives of VIAT - has been approved by VTU’s executive council, the highest decision-making body. As per the report, VIAT will be a complementary institution and not compete with the affiliated colleges and other PG departments of the university. Under the current proposal, a main campus is to be established at Muddenahalli in Chikballapur district, the birthplace of Sir M Visvesvaraya. Sub-campuses will be subsequently established in a phased manner in Belgaum, Gulbarga and Mysore. -- Posted By K.R.Mulla, LIS Professional from India, working as Librarian to ELF (E-Group for Engineering Librarians) at 8/06/2009 03:36:00 AM -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reminder: Lecture on Information Literacy Initiatives on 6th August 2009 (Bangalore)
by Francis Jayakanth 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 19:00:45 +0530 From: "Byrappa, Ananda (GE, Research)" <ananda.byrappa(a)ge.com> Dear All, You are cordially invited to the following talk organized by Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) in collaboration with Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS). Speaker: Ms Rashmi M. Lad Head, Instructional Services Division Nanyang Technological University library Singapore. Topic: Information Literacy Initiatives at Nanyang Technological University Library, Singapore - an overview. Date & Time: Thursday, 6th August 2009 @ 6.30 p.m. Venue: Karnataka State Library Association 702, Upstairs, 42nd Cross, Rajajinagar, III Block Bangalore 560010. About the Talk: The sharing session provides information about the approach and philosophy behind NTU's instructional programme for students and staff. The presentation also aims at providing an overview on the history and growth of the instructional activities at the library along with the plans on developing a modular and matrix method to provide a flexible means to raise the information awareness and literacy skills of students throughout their stay in the University. About the Speaker: Rashmi is the Head of Instructional Services Division at Nanyang Technological University library, Singapore. More than a decade long experience in working with children, young adults and adult learners has contributed to her current responsibilities in co-ordinating Information Literacy (IL) programmes at NTU, campus wide. Being a council member of Library Association of Singapore (LAS) she hopes to develop an interest group for Information Literacy in the region and provide support at various levels.

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Fw: FIP
by xahoor sofi 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

----- Forwarded Message ---- From: xahoor sofi <xahoor_sofi(a)yahoo.co.uk> To: LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Sent: Saturday, 13 June, 2009 14:53:20 Subject: FIP Dear Colleagues, I am working as a college librarian for the last four years and i have recently applied for the award of a Faculty Improvement Program (FIP) sponsored by the UGC. The college authorities are enquiring about the elligibility of a librarian for such a fellowship which is meant for Teachers and there is ambiguity whether the librarians which are supposed to be treated at par with the college teachers and are employed in the same grade. I request that if anybody has relevant and authentic information about the same, the may sent it to me so that i can give it as reference in support of my case for availing such a fellowship S. Zahoor Ahmad Chief ibrarian Islamia college of science and commerce Srinagar Kashmir, J&K-India librarianicsc(a)gmail.com xahoor_sofi(a)yahoo.co.uk -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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e-journal list
by bhogaiah Bhogs 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

Respected proffessionals, I want a list of e-journals in Human Resoures Mangement( Related to requirement and slection) for my P hd work, please guide me. Sahana.L Lecturer AMC Engineering College Bangalore-83 email:sahanaaustralia@yahoo.com See the Web's breaking stories, chosen by people like you. Check out Yahoo! Buzz. http://in.buzz.yahoo.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[ELF (E-Group for Engineering Librarians)] AICTE invites Proposals on Researc...
by K.R.Mulla, LIS Professional from India, working as Librarian 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

AICTE Call for Proposals on Research & Institutional Development for Financial Assistance During 2009 - 10 The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is a statutory body established by the Government of India through Act No.52 of 1987, for proper planning and co-ordinated development of Technical Education System throughout the country, promotion of qualitative improvement of Technical Education in relation to planned quantitative growth, regulation and proper maintenance of norms and standards in the Technical Education system and for matters connected therewith. For more details on this topic: -- Posted By K.R.Mulla, LIS Professional from India, working as Librarian to ELF (E-Group for Engineering Librarians) at 8/05/2009 04:33:00 AM -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Use of barcode technolgy
by sanjay sethi 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

Dear Friends If you are using E-Granthalaya version 2 and have barcoded your library. Please share your expereince / expertise , what specification/ brand of Bar code Reader, printer , DCU you are using. What are its advantages and limitation. Which model we should prefer etc. I shall be happy to visit your library. Sanjay sethi Librarian, Department of Administartive Reforms & PG SP Bhawan, New Delhi-01 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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