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Re: [LIS-Forum] Data Conversion form Newgenlib to koha
by Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay 02 Apr '09

02 Apr '09

Dear Mr. Soni Migration of data from Koha to NewGenLib or from NewGenLib to Koha is quite simple because both of these FLOSS based LMSs are quite clear and transparent in implementing MARC 21 and ISO-2709 (unlike some commercial LMSs in India where data transformation facilities are poor, non-standard and sometimes blocked intentionally for obvious commercial reasons). However if u feel you need help then there are a few service providers in India like OSSLabs (http://www.osslabs.biz/) OpenLX etc. Dr. Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay Department of Library and Information Science University of Burdwan, Burdwan, Rajbati - 713104, WB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Navin Soni" To: koha-devel(a)lists.koha.org, lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Data Conversion form Newgenlib to koha Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 14:07:14 +0530 Dear Professionals, Goog Mrng.. We are from INMAS, DRDO, Delhi. Presently we are using newgenlib (OSS), we had tried a lot to give AMC to Newgenlib developers (M/s Verus Solutions) at normal rates but they did not responded positive. We library people are not expertise in JAVA and supporting softwares of Newgenlib therefore now it is not possible us to continue work without technical support. As this software constantly requires technical support which we are not able to find out who may take AMC of this Newgenlib software. Now may I request on this forum who can guide us how to overcome this problem of AMC. In alternative, we are planning to either switch over to KOHA and migrate our records into KOHA 2.2.9 ver. or wait for any agency who can undertake the AMC of Newgenlib. I request all my fellow professionals on this forum to guide me in this regard. Waiting for help and guidance. With kind regards ================================= Navin Kumar Soni INMAS, DRDO, Min of Defence, Brig SK Mazumdar Marg Delhi-110054. Ph: 01123985466, 09868459805 http://www.drdo.org/labs/inmas/index.html Email: navinsoni22(a)gmail.com, navin(a)inmas.drdo.in =================================== -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum -- _______________________________________________ Search for products and services at: http://search.mail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Data Conversion form Newgenlib to koha
by Navin Soni 02 Apr '09

02 Apr '09

Dear Professionals, Goog Mrng.. We are from INMAS, DRDO, Delhi. Presently we are using newgenlib (OSS), we had tried a lot to give AMC to Newgenlib developers (M/s Verus Solutions) at normal rates but they did not responded positive. We library people are not expertise in JAVA and supporting softwares of Newgenlib therefore now it is not possible us to continue work without technical support. As this software constantly requires technical support which we are not able to find out who may take AMC of this Newgenlib software. Now may I request on this forum who can guide us how to overcome this problem of AMC. In alternative, we are planning to either switch over to KOHA and migrate our records into KOHA 2.2.9 ver. or wait for any agency who can undertake the AMC of Newgenlib. I request all my fellow professionals on this forum to guide me in this regard. Waiting for help and guidance. With kind regards ================================= Navin Kumar Soni INMAS, DRDO, Min of Defence, Brig SK Mazumdar Marg Delhi-110054. Ph: 01123985466, 09868459805 http://www.drdo.org/labs/inmas/index.html Email: navinsoni22(a)gmail.com, navin(a)inmas.drdo.in =================================== -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Exemptions allowed till MHRD accepts UGC Regulation, 2008
by Ajay Kamble 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Dear All, Just today, we received a GR from Mr.Uday Kulkarni, Librarian, Vikas College,Vikhroli, Mumbai regarding the UGC's latest clarification about Exemptions which were sent to Kolhapur University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The GR is available at http://groups.google.co.in/group/mlosc/web/circulars-and-grs?msg=ns or u can also find a direct link to Circular at http://sites.google.com/site/mloscsite/circulars-and-grs -- Ajay M. Kamble Librarian Annasaheb Vartak Arts, Commerce, Science College, Vasai Road (W), Dist. Thane - 401202 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Satkal Awards
by Gulabchandra Sharma 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Call for Award Nominations Nominations are invited for the 2009 SATKAL Awards given each year to an individual for outstanding achievement in Library and Information services and for promoting Librarianship. The deadline for nominations is July 31, 2009. Kindly send your nominations for * Punjab National Librarian Award * Young Librarian Award * Woman Librarian Award * School Librarian Award Eligibility The Library and Information Science professionals working in Indiaor outside India of Indian Nationality/ origin are eligible to apply. Age Limit : For Young Librarian Award, Professional must be below 45 years. The nominations can be either self nominations or nominated by a Senior Professional. In case of School Librarian it should be recommended by the Principal of the School. Written nominations must include Name of the nominee, Job Title, Organisation, Mailing Address, Phone No., Email Address, Award Category, A detailed profile highlighting the educational & professional experience, significant contributions made in the field of Library Science, publications etc., a paragraph (limit to one page) stating how do you find yourself eligible for the award. The only way the people who make a difference can be recognised is if? you? Nominate them. Do it now. Please send the nominations to: Dr. (Mrs.) Devinder Kaur President, SATKAL 114 Civil Lines Patiala-147004 Punjab Email: dkaur45@yahoo. co.in/sundarsingh453@ gmail.com Kindly mark "SATKAL AWARD 2009" on the top of the envelope and send a signed copy of the profile please. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Installing Dspace-Koha-Newgenlib on Windows XP
by Madaiah krishnamurthy 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Dear All, Please find information on installing Dspace-Koha-Newgenlib on Windows XP Dspace : http://210.212.206.68:8080/dspace/handle/123456789/23 Newgenlib: http://210.212.206.68:8080/dspace/handle/123456789/24 Koha : http://210.212.206.68:8080/dspace/handle/123456789/35 Thanking You, M.Krishnamurthy Dr.M.Krishnamurthy,M.A.,M.L.I.Sc., PhD. Fulbright Fellow(University of Illinois,USA) Ass Professor, Indian Statistical Institute, Documentation Research and Training Centre 8th Mile Mysore Road Bangalore 560059 Ph: 91-080-28483002/3/5 Fax: 91-080-284482711 _________________________________________________________________ How fun is this? IMing with Windows Live Messenger just got better. http://www.microsoft.com/india/windows/windowslive/messenger.aspx -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Koha Workshops in Mysore (9-10 Apr) & Mumbai (17-18 Apr)
by savitra sirohi 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

All, We have received a solid response for these workshops, but we are making efforts to accommodate a few more participants in both locations. Those who wish to register please please fill the form below ASAP. http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cFJnR0JMMEF4cHpwT0MyWUxQTm9… Here are more details about the workshop: http://www.osslabs.biz/koha_library_management_system/workshop.html Thanks, Savitra Sirohi MD, 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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UGC qualification for the post of Lecturer/Librarian??
by Ajay Kamble 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

Dear all, 1. On 22nd September, 2006, UGC wrote this letter to all Universities that the Commission in its meeting held on 25th August, 2006 approved exemption from NET to M.Phil and Ph.D. Degree holders for appointment to the post of Assistant Librarian & Assistant Director of Physical Education. *After arrival of this circular, Job seekers attempting for NET/SET/SLET take admission for M.Phil. courses in regular or open universities or through distance education. * * *2. Next, this was published on January 15, 2009 in Hindustan Times Delhi Edition… NET must from next year by Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times, New Delhi, January 15, 2009 The detail news is available at http://sites.google.com/site/mloscsite/Home/important-files *Some Teachers and Librarians got exempted from NET/SET/SLET and some get conditional exemption as their proposals were sent by their Universities to UGC for exemption.* * * *3.* *Then, as per draft ugc notification on revision of pay scales, minimum qualifications for appointment of teachers in universities and colleges & other measures for the maintenance of standards, 2009, * *3.0.0. RECRUITMENT AND QUALIFICATIONS* *3.1.0 *The direct recruitment to the post of Assistant Professors, Associate Professors and Professors in the Universities and Colleges shall be on the basis of merit through all India advertisement and selections by the duly constituted Selection Committees as per the guidelines prescribed through this notification to be incorporated under the Statutes/Ordinances of the concerned university. The composition of such committees should be as prescribed by the UGC in this notification. *3.2.0 *The minimum qualifications required for the post of Assistant Professors, Associate Professors, Professors, Principals, Assistant Directors of Physical Education, Deputy Directors of Physical Education, Directors of Physical Education, Assistant Librarians, Deputy Librarians, Librarians will be those as prescribed by the University Grants Commission in this notification. *3.3.0 *The minimum requirements of a good academic record, 55% of the marks at the master’s level and qualifying in the National Eligibility Test, or an accredited test, shall remain for the appointment of Assistant Professors. *3.3.1 *Holders of Ph.D. degrees as on the date of notification of these regulations, along with those candidates who are awarded a Ph.D. degree through a process of admission, registration, course work and external evaluation as have been/or may be laid down by UGC through its regulations, and so adopted by the university shall alone be exempted from NET. NET shall also not be required for such Masters Programmes in disciplines for which NET is not conducted. *In this draft, It is not mentioned anywhere that exemption shall be given to those possessing M.Phil. degree. * * * *4.* *Still, UGC has sent letter to all universities and ask to submit information about Teachers appointed in all the affiliated colleges and information about who have completed M.Phil and Ph.D. so as to give them exemption from NET/SLET/SET exams. * *Now I expect from all respected senior colleagues, who are in touch with UGC office or officials or so, Please guide us on the following few questions :* * * *1.* *What is UGC’s present stand on qualification of Lecturers and Librarians?* *2.* *Can’t UGC take a firm decision on the qualification of Lecturers and Librarians?* *3.* *Is there any official circular from UGC on what was published in Hindustan Times about exemption to M.Phil. till June 2009?* *4.* *What is the stand of UGC for the candidates, who have completed/are studying M.Phil. and had paid big amount of Fees for doing M.Phil. from regular, distance, open university courses?* *5.* *What UGC expect the NET/SLET/SET qualified candidates, who are still jobless and searching for the jobs, shall do?* *6.* *If Exemption is given to M.Phil. upto June 2009, what about thenew entrants who will try for NET/SLET/SET and may not get qualified for years? * -- Ajay M. Kamble Librarian Annasaheb Vartak Arts, Commerce, Science College, Vasai Road (W), Dist. Thane - 401202 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Now Send E-Mail In Indian Languages!
by विनायक गोंजारे 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

Respected All, *Gmail provides you with an easy way to type and send e-mail in your language of choice* For those of you who prefer to communicate in Hindi but did not have an easy way to type and send e-mail in your language of choice, Gmail has something to offer you. Google has launched a new feature in Gmail that makes it easy to type e-mail in Indian languages. When you compose a new mail in Gmail, you should now see an icon with an Indian character. This feature is enabled by default for Gmail users in India. If you do not see this function enabled by default, you will need to go the "Settings" page and enable this option in the "Language" section. Once you click the Indian languages icon, you can type words the way they sound in English and Gmail will automatically convert the word to its Indian local language equivalent. For example, if a Hindi speaker types "*namaste*", it will get transliterated to its phonetically equivalent Hindi text. Gmail currently supports five Indian languages -- Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. So you can select the language of your choice from the drop-down list next to the icon. According to Chandramouli Mahadevan, software engineer, Google, "We built this new feature using Google's transliteration technology, which is also available on Google India Labs, Orkut, Blogger and iGoogle. I hope you find this feature useful to communicate with those of your friends and family who prefer to write in their native language, and it will be available soon to businesses and schools using Google Apps. Now back to replying to all those Hindi e-mails I got from my family and friends today!" Google's Gmail service will celebrate its fifth birthday tomorrow. Gmail, known as Google Mail in Germany, Austria and the United Kingdom, was made available to the public by Google on 1 April 2004, after extensive rumours of its existence during testing. Five years after its launch, Gmail now offers over 7GB of storage but is still labelled as a beta version. Thanks and Regards, Mr. Vinayak Gonjare Librarian Naik Foundation Padgha, Bhivandi Thane. INDIA @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ email : vinayak.gonjare(a)gmail.com Mob : 09702373557 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Join the Union Catalogue Mission...
by Ajay Kamble 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

Dear College Librarians nearby and from Mumbai, There is a good chance for you to join the union catalogue mission... 1. If u dont have a library software?? No worries... Just type all the bibliographic data of the books in a excel file provided by Mr Angadi in the following mail... 2. If u have already typewritten all your data in word file, excel file in table format. then also u can be the part of the mission. Please, do click on http://www.geocities.com/cilisindia for more details and send your data to Mr. Mahesh at sxielibrary(a)gmail.com. From: Mahesh M. Angadi <sxielibrary(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 9:42 PM Subject: [MLOSC.344] Research Project To: Maharashtra Librarians Online Study Circle <mlosc(a)googlegroups.com> Hello Friends, I have undertaken a Research Project “”Developing a prototype model for converting bibliographic databases (library catalogue) into ISO 2709 format and hosting it on intranet and internet using ISIS tools” under the guidance of Dr. D. N. Phadke as a part of M.Phil programme at YCMOU. With the help of this Research Project libraries will be able to create or convert their collection into databases that adheres to required Bibliographic Standards. This in turn will facilitate resource sharing. Moreover, without any investments in costly softwares, libraries will be able to host their collection on intranet and internet with comprehensive and user friendly search features. For further details and status about the Research Project, log on to website http://www.geocities.com/cilisindia. Questionnaire, Guidelines and Sample Data Entry forms can be downloaded from this website. I will be very thankful if you can inform about the same to your fellow colleagues. Your valuable co-operation and support to establish a network of participating libraries will be highly appreciated Kindly send the filed in Questionnaire & Sample Entries or Library Database on following address:- Mr. Mahesh M. Angadi, A/003, Shiv Managlmurty Co-op. Housing Society, Near Gaondevi Mandir, Anand Nagar, Dombivli (East) - 421 201. For any queries, kindly contact on 9869120258 E-mail Id: mahesh_m_angadi(a)rediffmail.com -- Ajay M. Kamble Librarian Annasaheb Vartak Arts, Commerce, Science College, Vasai Road (W), Dist. Thane - 401202 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Notice to suggest the new name for IASLIC Bulletin
by Mailing List Admin 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:52:52 +0530 (IST) From: Pijushkanti Panigrahi <panigrahipk(a)yahoo.com> Notice to suggest the new name for IASLIC Bulletin As you now the 'IASLIC Bulletin' is the official organ of the Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC) and is devoted to the advancement and dissemination of the fundamentals and applied knowledge of library and information science in an accessible form to professional colleagues who have a common interest in the field in this country and abroad. This journal is published quarterly and has earned much reputation. Many of our members are of the opinion that the term 'Bulletin' is a much broader one and is also used at present in other context, which is far away from the concept of a journal. Hence the Governing Body, IASLIC has decided to change its name. As decided in the Governing Body Meeting of IASLIC held on 09.12.2008 you are requested to suggest a new name for our Journal at your earliest convenience. Editor IASLIC Bulletin IAASLIC Dr Pijushkanti Panigrahi, Professor, Dept of Lib and Inf Science, 3rd Floor Asutosh Building, University of Calcutta, 87/1 College Street,Kolkata - 700 073, West Bengal, India, email : panigrahipk@yahoo.com,�(M) : +91 94342 43522. Joint Secretary, IASLIC, Convenor, Education Division, IASLIC; Associate Editor, IASLIC Bulletin, IASLIC, Kolkata-54

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