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Emerald Research Fund Awards 2007/2008
by Naveen M 05 Mar '08

05 Mar '08

Call for Indian LIS research proposals "Supporting the dissemination of knowledge for social good in India" Emerald is offering research grant for an Indian project in the field of library and information science (LIS). The funding award will amount to up to £2,000 (US$4,200 equivalent). Applications should address the dissemination of knowledge for social good with a specific orientation toward benefit for India. Eligibility: At least one member of the research team must be based in India. Judging criteria Each application will be judged, by a panel of experts, on the five criteria below. The research must: * Be of significance, particularly illustrating how it will benefit the social good. * Demonstrate originality and innovation. * Make an outstanding contribution to theory and its application. * Illustrate the appropriateness and application of the methodology. * Demonstrate sound implications for theory and practice. Application requirements Each proposal, to arrive either by post or by e-mail, must contain: 1. A summary stating specific goals, outcomes and benefits of the research. This should not exceed 2,000 words (note that tables, figures, appendices and reference lists, if provided do NOT count to the 2,000 word total). 2. A covering letter containing contact details for all researchers involved in the project. Please state clearly which researcher will be the main point of contact. The 2,000-word summary must: * Display clearly a statement of purpose and intent. * State clearly the methodology(ies) applied and explicitly describe the research process. * State expected research outcomes and expected impact and possible application. * Specify the expected timescales of the research process. * Outline projected costs and total research grant required. Where to send your application Please send all applications (either by post or by e-mail), and address any questions, to: Ruth Heppenstall External Relations Assistant Emerald Group Publishing Limited Howard House Wagon Lane Bingley BD16 1WA United Kingdom Tel: 01274 785261 Fax: 01274 785200 E-mail: rheppenstall(a)emeraldinsight.com Key dates The closing date for applications is 1 April 2008. The initial short-list will be completed by mid-June 2008. Winners will be announced in early July 2008. Details of the 2008 Emerald Research Fund Awards: Management Category will be announced in early 2008 -- Naveen C.M. IKM Trainee National Center For Science Information, Indian Institute of Science. Bangalooru-12. Cell - 9844528578 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ONIX(ONline Information EXchange)
by shriram pandey 05 Mar '08

05 Mar '08

Hello list. ONIX is an acronym for ONline Information EXchange. ONIX International refers to a standard format that publishers can use to distribute electronic information about their books to wholesale, e-tail and retail booksellers, other publishers, and anyone else involved in the sale of books. ONIX enables book information to be communicated between different organizations even if they have different technical infrastructures and business needs. It isn't a database, but provides a standard XML template for organizing data storage. More detail on :http://www.bisg.org/onix/onix_faq.html#What%20is%20ONIX%20International Regards, Shri Ram Pandey Information and Knowledge Management Trainee NCSI,Indian Institute Of Science,Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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E FLYER:2009 IFST Award
by K Prakash 04 Mar '08

04 Mar '08

From: Sarina Paranjape [mailto:sarina@fulbright-india.org] Sent: 27 February 2008 17:00 Below is the EDM (electronic direct mailer) for the IFST award. Please send out widely to all your contacts in the network. Thanks so much, Sarina --------------- 2009 International Fulbright Science and Technology Award for Outstanding Foreign Students The United States Educational Foundation in India (USEFI) invites applications from interested Indian applicants for the International Fulbright Science and Technology Award for outstanding foreign students. This award is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and is designed to be the most prestigious international scholarship in science and technology. The International Fulbright Science and Technology Award reaffirms America's pre-eminence and competitiveness in the fields of science, technology, and engineering, as the U.S. remains the most attractive destination for serious scientific and technological research and study. For more details please visit http://www.fulbright-india.org/Scripts/ForIndianNationalsForStudentsInterna… http://www.fulbright-india.org/ With best regards. Bye. _____________________________ Dr. K Prakash, PhD Scientific/Technical Officer-I Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre An Inter-University Centre of University Grants Commission Near Gujarat University Guest House Post Box No.4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad - 380 009 India -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Librarian vacancy at Palampur
by Mailing List Admin 04 Mar '08

04 Mar '08

Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 10:30:14 +0530 (IST) From: Dr. Nabi Hasan <nabihasan2002(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear collegues, my university has advertised the post of LIBRARIAN and the last date is 21/03/2008. The details are availablehttp://hillagric.ernet.in/news&jobs/jobs_advt/advt/ADVERTISEMENTNO.04-2008.h tml. you can also e-mail me for further clarification in the matter, please. Best regards, -- Dr. Nabi Hasan Assistant Librarian cum Library System Administrator University Library, CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University Palampur (H.P.)- 176 062 (India) Phone: +91-1894-283184 (Direct), +91-1894-230361 (O) Cell- +91-9418493990, +91-1894-234571 (R) E-Mail: nabihasan(a)rediffmail.com nabihasan(a)gmail.com Web: http://hillagric.ernet.in

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Quality Indicators for Academic Libraries from today. The workshop proceeding will be posted on the web and these mailing lists as well
by Jagtar Singh 04 Mar '08

04 Mar '08

Dear Colleagues, The 3-day Workshop on Quality Indicators for Academic Libraries will be inaugurated today on 4 March at 11.00 a.m.in the Senate Hall of the Punjabi University, Patiala. Please keep an eye on your mailing lists for getting information about the learning outcomes of the workshop. About 100 delegates and 10 resource persons will do brainstorming on quality indicators and best practices for academic libraries. This would be very valuable for the institutions seeking NAAC Accreditation. Best wishes, Jagtar -- Dr. Jagtar Singh, Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala Pin - 147 002 (India) & Standing Committee Member, IFLA Information Technology Section Email: jagtar.kindu(a)gmail.com Tel: +91 (0)175 304 6179 (Work) +91 (0)175 228 2727 (Home) Fax: +91 (0)175 228 3073 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Version 71, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
by Charles W. Bailey, Jr. 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

Version 71 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography is now available from Digital Scholarship. This selective bibliography presents over 3,250 articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet. http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepb.html For a discussion of the numerous changes in my digital publications since my resignation from the University of Houston Libraries, see: http://www.digital-scholarship.org/cwb/dsoverview.htm Changes in This Version The bibliography has the following sections (revised sections are marked with an asterisk): Table of Contents 1 Economic Issues* 2 Electronic Books and Texts 2.1 Case Studies and History* 2.2 General Works* 2.3 Library Issues 3 Electronic Serials 3.1 Case Studies and History* 3.2 Critiques 3.3 Electronic Distribution of Printed Journals 3.4 General Works* 3.5 Library Issues 3.6 Research* 4 General Works* 5 Legal Issues 5.1 Intellectual Property Rights* 5.2 License Agreements 6 Library Issues 6.1 Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata* 6.2 Digital Libraries* 6.3 General Works* 6.4 Information Integrity and Preservation* 7 New Publishing Models* 8 Publisher Issues 8.1 Digital Rights Management* 9 Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI* Appendix A. Related Bibliographies Appendix B. About the Author* Appendix C. SEPB Use Statistics* Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources includes the following sections: Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata* Digital Libraries* Electronic Books and Texts* Electronic Serials* General Electronic Publishing* Images* Legal* Preservation* Publishers* Repositories, E-Prints, and OAI* SGML and Related Standards* Further Information about SEPB The Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography: 2006 Annual Edition is also available from Digital Scholarship. Annual editions of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography are PDF files designed for printing. http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/annual/annual.htm The XHTML version of SEPB is designed for interactive use. Each major section is a separate file. There are links to sources that are freely available on the Internet. It can be searched using a Google Search Engine. Whether the search results are current depends on Google's indexing frequency. In addition to the bibliography, the XHTML document includes: (1) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog (monthly list of new resources; also available by e-mail--see second URL--and RSS Feed--see third URL) http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepw/sepw.htm http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=51756 http://feeds.feedburner.com/ScholarlyElectronicPublishingWeblogrss (2) Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources (directory of over 330 related Web sites) http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepr/sepr.htm (3) Archive (prior versions of the bibliography) http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/archive/sepa.htm New versions of SEPB are also announced on DigitalKoans: http://www.digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/ RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/DigitalKoans Related Article An article about the bibliography has been published in The Journal of Electronic Publishing: http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/07-02/bailey.html -- Best Regards, Charles Charles W. Bailey, Jr. Publisher, Digital Scholarship http://www.digital-scholarship.org/ DigitalKoans Open Access Bibliography Open Access Webliography Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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BLIS Revision at IGNOU
by Arup Raychaudhury 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

It is a bold step. However, it is the time when universities should discontinue BLISc course (as they did at the time of introducing BLIS/BLISc in place of diploma) and introduce 2 years MLISc course. This will certainly give opportunities to increase the depth of the content, reduce duplication and include new topics. Does any expert on recruitment/promotion committee ask questions to even a fresh professional considering the fact that the candidate has only BLISc degree? LIS departments are expected to impart the necessary library and information skills to their students so that the student can to function effectively in libraries and other information-related work environment with minimum supervision. The course designers/expert committee should design an appropriate curriculum keeping in view the facts that * Employers are many and varied. * Employers having different missions and objectives * Employers needs to be surveyed in order to know their requirements and assessments * Demands of the employers change over time. * The Department may be conducting Master and other programme in LIS * Feedback of experts are important * Different skills needed to perform positional responsibilities & professional activities. * Students are coming from different socio-economic backgrounds with various academic specializations and language skills. * Specialized skills needed to serve under privileged, illiterate, neo- literate and physically challenged fellow citizen. * Specialized skills needed to play effective role in information literacy programme IGNOU may also consider allowing student to take a few courses from other areas: mass communication, technical writing, computer (CIC, BCA, MCA?), psychology etc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arup Raychaudhury Indian Statistical Institute 203 BT Road Calcutta 700 108 INDIA -- 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] information
by Dr.D.P Prathap 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

Dear colleagues Please inform one or two REPUTED PUBLISHER for 'MAPS OF INDIA ON CD". This information is needed urgently. Yours sincerely Library Sugarcane Breeding Institute sbilibrary(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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Re: [LIS-Forum] email ID of publishers
by Dr.D.P Prathap 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

Dear colleagues Please provide the email ID of the following publishers: 1. Kalyani publishers, ludhiana 2. Atlas books and periodicals, Delhi The information is needed urgently. Yours sincerely ============================== (D.PUTHIRA PRATHAP) OFFICER IN-CHARGE, LIBRARY SUGARCANE BREEDING INSTITUTE, COIMBATORE – 641 007. INDIA PHONE: 91-422-2472621; FAX: 91-422-2472923 www.sugarcane-breeding.tn.nic.in sbilibrary(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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Libraries in 2020
by Sukhdev Singh 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

Around Dec 2005 I made bit of speculations about Libraries in 2020. Here is a similar item - but gives one year less to libraries i.e. 2019. http://www.rossdawsonblog.com/weblog/archives/2008/02/will_libraries.html Have a look, --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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