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Fw: PhD Scholarships in Information Science & Knowledge Management in Singapore
by Mailing List Admin 04 Feb '08

04 Feb '08

Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 10:23:02 +0530 (IST) From: Shamprasad Pujar <pujar(a)igidr.ac.in> -----Original Message----- From: Library and Information Science Education in Asia [mailto:LISEA@MLIST.NTU.EDU.SG] On Behalf Of Khoo Soo Guan, Christopher (Assoc Prof) Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 8:18 PM To: LISEA(a)MLIST.NTU.EDU.SG Subject: [LISEA] PhD Scholarships in Information Science & Knowledge Management in Singapore Eight scholarships for PhD studies are available at the Sch. of Communication & Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, for August 2008 and January 2009 admission. PhD students are sought in the following research areas: - Knowledge organization: taxonomies, ontologies, human categorization behavior - Knowledge management - Digital libraries: information retrieval, collaborative querying, learning objects repositories, mobile applications, Web archiving - Natural language processing: information extraction, summarization, sentiment categorization - User and usability studies, human computer interaction - Information literacy, health information literacy. The PhD students will be attached to the Division of Information Studies research clusters: - Digital Intelligence research cluster: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/research/digital.html - Knowledge Management cluster: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/research/management.html - Information Literacy cluster: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/research/infolit.html - Knowledge Organization cluster: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/research/knowledge.html The scholarships include tuition waiver and monthly stipend of SGD2,000 (approx. USD1,380), which are tenable for 4 years. The stipend will comfortably cover living expenses for a single person in Singapore. Minimum requirements: - A good Bachelor's degree at a reputable university - Master's degree in a related area - GRE - TOEFL is required only for applicants whose undergrad education is not in English. Application procedure: - Application has to be submitted online at: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/GradStudies/Research%2BProgrammes/admission/ In the online application form, select "Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information" - Deadline: Feb 28th, 2008 for Aug 2008 admission. Late applications may be considered for Jan 2009 admission. - Application material includes a 2-3 page research proposal, that indicates the research area of interest Background information: - The Division of Information Studies in the School of Communication & Information was set up in 1993 to offer the only LIS professional program in Singapore. It now offers 3 MSc programs in Information Studies, Knowledge Management and Information Systems, with a total of about 400 graduate students. More information about the MSc programs: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/graduate/information_studies.html The Division's faculty pages are available at: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/about/directory_is.html - Singapore is a modern multiracial "garden city" that is safe and easy to live in. The main languages are English and Chinese. - Nanyang Technological University is a research-intensive university that started as an engineering school but is developing into a comprehensive university. The medium of instruction is completely in English. Queries can be directed to Dr Abdus Sattar Chaudhry at: h-dis(a)ntu.edu.sg

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About Linux: Wubi - Install Linux Like a Windows Application
by S.F KATTIMANI 04 Feb '08

04 Feb '08

** About Linux: Wubi - Install Linux Like a Windows Application *Wubi - Install Linux Like a Windows Application<http://glclk.about.com/?zi=5/4mR3> * Wubi is probably the easiest way for Windows users to try out Linux. With this method the process of installing a Linux system as a dual-boot setup is just like...read more <http://linux.about.com/od/dist/gr/dstwubi.htm> -- S.F.KATTIMANI DEPUTY LIBRARIAN M.S.RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY M.S.RAMAIAH NAGAR BANGALORE 560054 MOB: 9886821032 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Applications are invited for the post of Deputy Librarian and Senior library Information Assistant at IIT Chennai
by ajay sharma 04 Feb '08

04 Feb '08

Applications are invited from SC/ST candidates for the following posts at the Institute 1. Deputy Librarian - Rs. 12000.-420-18300 -1 SC 1. Senior library Information Assistant - Rs. 5500-175-9000 -1ST For More details see www.iitm.ac.in Source : Indian Express, New Delhi, 04th Feb 2008 Ajay Kumar Sharma BrahMos Aerospace -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Trainee Postition at TIFR CAM, Bangalore
by LIBRARY 04 Feb '08

04 Feb '08

Namaste, Applications are invited for a "Trainee" position at the Library, TIFR Centre for Applicable Mathematics, Bangalore, for a period of 6 months, at a monthly stipend of Rs.4000-5000 depending up the qualification/experience. Interested candidates may apply with full details of their Educational Qualification/experience(if any) to "The Senior Administrative Officer, TIFR Centre for Applicable Mathematics, Post Bag No.3, Sharadanagar, Chikkabommasandra, GKVK Post, Bangalore - 560 065" so as to reach on or before 11th February 2008. Candidates can also email their application to library[at]math.tifrbng.res.in -Veena -- -------------------------------------------------- Library TIFR Centre for Applicable Mathematics Phone: 91-80-66953757 Post Bag No. 3, Sharada Nagar, Fax: 91-80-66953799 Chikkabommasandra, GKVK Post, URL: http://math.tifrbng.res.in Bangalore-560 065 Bharat -------------------------------------------------- "Every duty is holy and devotion to duty is the highest form of the worship of God." - Swami Vivekananda -- -------------------------------------------------- Library TIFR Centre for Applicable Mathematics Phone: 91-80-66953757 Post Bag No. 3, Sharada Nagar, Fax: 91-80-66953799 Chikkabommasandra, URL: http://math.tifrbng.res.in Bangalore-560 065 Bharat -------------------------------------------------- "Every duty is holy and devotion to duty is the highest form of the worship of God." - Swami Vivekananda -- 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] [Fwd: announcement regarding a workshop...]
by nirupama bawdekar 04 Feb '08

04 Feb '08

Dear Moderator, Requesting you to kindly post the following announcement on LIS Forum. Thanks, nirupama bawdekar scientific officer, library -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear colleagues, The response received for the one-day workshop on 'Librarianship 2.0: Emerging trends in connecting people to information' being organized by SLA Asian Chapter in coordination with MCCIA, Pune on February 08, 2008, has been overwhelming to the point of being over subscribed! The registration for the workshop is now closed. In view of this it will not be possible to accomodate any last minute registrations on the day of the workshop. regards, nirupama bawdekar member, organizing committee web 2.0 workshop ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A one day workshop on Librarianship 2.0: Emerging trends in connecting people to information Organised by SLA Asian Chapter in Co-ordination with MCCIA on February 08, 2008 Venue: ----- S. Moolgaonkar Auditorium MCCIA Trade Tower, ICC Complex, Senapati Bapat Road, Pune 411016 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- About the Workshop Theme Today we have a wealth of information on the Web. Information can be transformed into knowledge with the addition of appropriate context to it. Context addition needs collaboration, communication and information sharing among group of people. The present Web 2.0 (the second generation Internet where the user generates content) movement is laying the groundwork for collaborative efforts. Librarianship 2.0 is about librarians embracing Web 2.0 technology to enhance services to the community they serve. Librarian 2.0 understands the user community deeply in terms of its goals and aspirations. This workshop covers usage of Web 2.0 tools like blogs, wikis, podcasts, RSS feeds, mashups, sharepoint as well as usage of social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace for Content generation. It also focuses on other related topics such as Content Management; Digital Content, IPR. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Who Should Attend? Information professionals in all sectors - Academia,Government and Industry. (Librarians, Information Architects, KM Heads, Content Annotators, Chief Information Officers in industry). Workshop gives an excellent opportunity to learn emerging tools/platforms to interact with the user community. know best practices in knowledge / content management from practicing professionals. know latest information products from product and service providers establish a network with industry experts, solution providers and peer groups to share ideas and experiences. gain skills to deploy technology for enterprise advantage. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Workshop Secretariat -------------------- Mrs. S. M. Panse Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries & Agriculture 505 & 506, 'A' Wing, 5th Floor, MCCIA Trade Tower, ICC Complex, Senapati Bapat Road, Pune 411016 Tel : 2570 9231/000 email: sunitip(a)mcciapune.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Speakers ---------- Eminent speakers from industry and library profession will be invited to speak and to share their experiences. Participation of experts from Microsoft (India) Ltd, Tata Consulting Services, DNA News Daily, Daphne Systems Pvt. Ltd. is confirmed. Advocate Dr.Mohan Dewan will deliberate on Digital Content & IPR. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Organizing Committee: --------------------- Secretary : Suniti Panse, MCCIA Treasurer : K. Satyanarayana, TCS, Pune Meera Gaikaiwari, Algorhythms, Pune & India Representative, SLA Asian Chapter --------------------------------------------------------------------- Members : --------- *Nirupama Bawadekar, IUCAA, Pune *N. B. Dahibhate, NCL, Pune *Asha Gadre, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune *Kishore Ingale, TCS, Mumbai *Shubhada Nagarkar, Departmentt of Library & Information Sciences, University of Pune *Nagnath R. Ramdasi, C-DAC, Pune *Debal Kar, TERI, Delhi; Secretaty, SLA Asian Chapter *Scott Davidson, President, SLA Asian Chapter Singapore --------------------------------------------------------------------- Registration Fees ----------------- Early Bird registration Rs. 500/- (For SLA / MCCIA Members and Students early bird offer closes on 31st January 2008) For others early bird offer closes on 25th January 2008 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Regular registration Rs. 700/- (Seats limited to 80) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Duly filled registration form should be sent to the Workshop Secretary, Mrs. Suniti Panse (sunitip(a)mcciapune.com)or to any of the committee members. Workshop timings 9.30 am to 5.30 pm Registration - 9.00 am to 9.30 am ----------------------------------------------------------------- Registration Form Name_____________________________________ Designation ________________________________ Affiliation __________________________________ Address ___________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ Telephone / Fax ____________________________ Email _____________________________________ Rs................/- enclosed as registration fees vide Cheque / Draft No................................ dated.......................................... drawn in favour of SLA Workshop Librarianship 2.0 payble at Pune. Please send the completed form to the Workshop Secretariat. Place ................................... Date..................................... ----------------------------------------------------------------- About the Workshop Organizers ---------------------------- About SLA --------- Special Libraries Association (SLA) is a nonprofit global organization for innovative information professionals and their strategic partners. SLA serves the information profession, including corporate, academic, government, corporations, media, finance, science, research, academies, museums, trade associations, nonprofit organizations, and nontraditional enterprises information specialists. The mission of the Special Libraries Association is to advance the leadership role of SLA members in putting knowledge to work for the benefit of decision makers in rporations, government, the professions, and society as well as to shape the destiny of our information and knowledge-based society. For further details : www.sla.org SLA Asian Chapter in a nutshell ---------------------------------- Special Libraries Association is one of the worlds largest information related Associations with 12,000 members in 85 countries with 58 chapters and 25 divisions. The Asian chapter covers a large geographical area consisting of 22 countries. MCCIA in a nutshell --------------------- Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA) is a premier industry association with over 2200 members from different sectors. It is one of the most prominent and active Chambers of Commerce in India. It has been catalyst for economic development of Pune and making Pune a global business destination. The Asian chapter - plans: 1. Networking with Asian Libraries and Information Centers. 2. To organize Annual Meetings of Asian Librarians and Information Professionals. 3. To organize Workshops / Seminars in various countries of the region. 4. To provide guidelines and professional support to the Asian Libraries. 5. To provide training to Asian Chapter information professionals. ---------------------------------------------------------- Mrs. Nirupama Bawdekar, Scientific Officer D, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Post Bag No. 4, Ganeskhind Pune 411 007, India Tel:(020)25604308 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by OpenProtect(http://www.openprotect.com), and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Kerala government takesover the British library
by thushanth tl 02 Feb '08

02 Feb '08

Mr. Rod Pryde (the British council's minister for cultural affairs) has indicated the council's willingness to handover the British library at Trivandrum to state government after a discussion with the chief minister of Kerala. I would like to thank those who have signed the online petition to Mr. Rod Pryde. I fully agree with Mr. K.Rajasekharan about his valuable views about the state libraries. I acknowledge his despair towards the pathetic condition of state libraries. Let us hope that condition will not come to the British library. I request him to publish his letter in the newspapers of Kerala so that it can act as an eye opener to the concerned authorities Thushanth T L Librarian ICFAI Trivandrum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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लिब्रर्य्थिंग - अपनी पुस्तकों का सुचिपत्तर ऑनलाइन बनाये (fwd)
by Mailing List Admin 01 Feb '08

01 Feb '08

Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 10:36:42 +0530 From: Sukhdev Singh <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> अपनी पुस्तकों का सुचिपत्तर ऑनलाइन बनाये .."जो आप पड़ रहें है, या अपना पूरा पुस्तकालय डालें! यह एक आसान, पुस्तकालय - गुणवत्ता सूचीपत्र है! जो लोग सामान्य चीज़ पड़ रहें है लिब्रर्य्थिंग आपको उनसे भी जोड़ता ह.." Yes, LibraryThing - http://hin.librarything.com/ - is also now available in Hindi. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC.

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Vacancies in C DAC Mumbai
by Mailing List Admin 01 Feb '08

01 Feb '08

Date: 30 Jan 2008 10:56:27 -0000 From: pankaj kudtarkar <maharaj_pak(a)rediffmail.com> http://www.cdacmumbai.in/index.php/cdacmumbai/careers/administrative_vacanc…

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CAS Refresher Couse Duration
by Mailing List Admin 01 Feb '08

01 Feb '08

Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:27:06 +0530 (IST) From: Dr. Nabi Hasan <nabihasan2002(a)yahoo.co.in> Dear colleagues As you may be aware that the DURATION of the couse is 4 week for Sr. Scale and promotion to the post of Deputy Librarian. Unfortunately, the UGC ASC's organize only 3 week duration couses. The interpretation at our end for promotion is 28 days for 4 week courses and because of this the promotions to the Assistant Librarians are being denied. If anybody has got the clarification in this regards, then please send the same through mail attachment. 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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Cracking Down on Copyright Law
by Mailing List Admin 31 Jan '08

31 Jan '08

Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:31:20 -0800 (PST) From: SUNIL M.V. <libra_sunil(a)yahoo.com> Dear Professional Friends, "Just because you can find it online, it doesn't mean that copyrighted materials can be used and distributed without permission" - Adler To know more please visit http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/ArticlePrint.aspx?ArticleID=40737 Regards,

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