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Free Business& many Textbooks on Internet Library
by sri priya 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

Free Internet Libraries for Students, Teachers, and Professionals The Business Book Mall, a 21st Century Learning Products company, provides inexpensive books and free stuff to help people develop the skills required to succeed in the fast paced quick changing world of the new millennium. http://www.businessbookmall.com/ Free Business Textbooks Internet Library http://www.businessbookmall.com/Free%20Business%20Books.htm Regards, S.Sripriya ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Information about M.Phil Programme
by Mailing List Admin 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:11:21 +0530 From: majid khan <rao.majid0786(a)gmail.com> Dear Members, I'm Majid Rao, recently completed my regular Master Degree in Library Science in the current academic year. I'm now searching for some institutes that offer M.Phil Degree in Distance education mode. Last year UGC had notified that the present academic year will be the last year during which universities will be allowed to offer M.Phil courses in the distance education mode. However, I'm told that some universities in the South have published their advertisement for M.Phil. degree for the year 2008. I would be thankful if somebidy can clarify on this. Majid Rao

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Professional Capability Building
by Rajan 10 Dec '07

10 Dec '07

Dear All, A vibrant librarian needs to be conversant with the subject he deals with, library science and information technologies in the right mix with focus on practical utility to his professional job. Any library professional can become well versed in those three areas, if he pays a little attention and spends some time on the Internet, newspapers like The Hindu, All India Radio/Door Darshan or some quality books. That is not enough if he wants to improve further. He needs to concentrate more on developing his writing and presentation skills. He should be able to write anything with clarity, brevity, simplicity, logical sequencing etc and present anything with proper salutation, intonation, pace, tone etc, if he needs to remain as an able professional. All known professionals in any field have or developed those qualities. Needless to say that those skill sets cannot be attained without good reading which is an essential quality required for any librarian. If the librarian is a reasonably good reader of books, he can easily grasp the requirement of readers or information seekers and can mould his library collection and services in tune with their requirements. In order to develop those capabilities, the library schools can devote 30 minutes just before the lunch break every day for an internal seminar. In the seminar, a student should present a paper of around 500-1000 words on a topic of his passion. The paper must be chosen and prepared well ahead. The class mates and teachers should make the deliberations in the session a lively one benefiting each other. The busy teachers may benefit more from such session than probably the students. The session can be included for internal assessment of the students. Seminar session should be set by drawing 15 minutes each from the curricular sessions and the lunch time (say 12.45 to 1.15 PM). If the session is healthy and lively the discussions should continue during the lunch time too. The library schools get the last choice of students as they do not care to provide ample ambience to develop the personality of the students joining there. Whereas the management schools, even though they deal with a subject that cannot be worth mentioned even as a discipline, get high caliber students because of the availability of most conducive environment for developing anyone's capability fully. Regards, K Rajasekharan Librarian, Kerala Institute of Local Administration(KILA) Mulagunnathukavu, Thrissur - 680581 , India Ph 0487 - 2200244+208 (O) 2201428 (R) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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drtc colloquium on "Impact of e-resources on collection development" dated-13/12/07
by ajaz＠drtc.isibang.ac.in 07 Dec '07

07 Dec '07

INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE 8th MILE MYSORE ROAD, BANGLORE-56005 DRTC COLLOQUIUM-4 (2007-2009) ON Impact of E-resources on Collection Development ABSTRACT There was a time when library resources consisted primarily of print-on-paper resources. It was easy to rely on book reviews and standard reference works as selection tools. The emergence of non-print materials such as audiovisual materials and e-resources has made the selection process more complex. With the advent of the Internet and library networks and consortia, the ability to simultaneously share virtual resources, cooperative collection development, through consortial arrangements has become possible. The colloquium will focus on growth of e-resources, their evaluation, and how the collection development has been affected by e-resources. FACETS SPEAKERS 1. Introduction Ajazur Rahman 2. Growth of E-resources Nihal Alam 3. Evaluation of E-resources Nitu Kumari 4. Library Cooperation & Collection Development Jamil Ahmad 5. Conclusion Kaushal Giri Venue : DRTC classroom Date : 13th of December, 2007 Time : 2:pm All are cordially invited K.S.Raghavan (Colloquium Coordinator) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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International Conference-NIFT
by sushanta kumar pathy 07 Dec '07

07 Dec '07

Dear All,The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) plans to offer a forum for encouraging greater collaborations by organizing an international conference on Building Knowledge Repositories: Cross-Sectoral Collaborations in February 7-9, 2008 at New Delhi during the proposed World book Fair 2008. For details click on the below link:http://www.niftindia.com/conference2008/index.htmRegards,Sushant Sushanta Kumar Pathy Resource Centre National Institute of Fashion Technology, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India Gandhinagar, Gujarat(INDIA) Ph. 079-23241849(Off) 09898162677 (M) http://www.gandhinagar.niftindia.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Collections of free online journals & Social and Health Electronic Portal : SHERPA
by Muniraju T 07 Dec '07

07 Dec '07

The Global Development Network (GDN) is a worldwide network of research Collections of free online journals and documents: The list below provides links to databases that provide access to free online journals or documents.Some databases link to both journals that provide full text access and those that provide access to abstracts or table of contents. http://www.gdnet. org/middle. php?oid=247 Social and Health Electronic Portal : SHERPA Many of the electronic journals (ejournals) listed below will be full text versions of the hard copy.Some will be electronic versions of the hard copy that will differ slightly as only selected content will be available in full text. Some sites will simply allow you to search or browse tables of contents for individual titles and collections of journals providing you with citation details and usually an abstract or summary of an article. http://www.sherpa. nhs.uk/Resource/ html_files/ ejnls.htm MUNIRAJU.T Central Library PES Institute of Technology t_muniraj(a)yahoo.co.in http://muniraj.t.googlepages.com/ http://www.lisresearch.blogspot.com/ Chat on a cool, new interface. No download required. Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Welcome to Join the INDEST-AICTE Consortium
by Ajay Kum Sharma 07 Dec '07

07 Dec '07

Dear Library Professionals, INDEST Consortium welcomes all universities and AICTE approved institutions to join the INDEST-AICTE Consortium under its "self-supported category". You may also like to visit the INDEST-AICTE Web site (http://indest.iitd.ac.in or http://paniit.iitd.ac.in/indest) for further details. Please note that the INDEST-AICTE Consortium charges an annual membership fee of Rs. 2,000.00 that is payable along with the subscription cost for e-resources selected by you. The membership to the Consortium is charged only if you wish to subscribe to one or more resources. There is no point in sending membership alone. I will be happy to send you the invoice for subscription to resources selected by you. Thanks and regards. Ajay Kumar Sharma Project Associate, INDEST-AICTE Consortium Central Library, IIT Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016 011-26596627 (O) 09868092479 (M) Web: http://www.geocities.com/ajaysharma_lib/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Information Needed: Education Volumes from the past
by Tanika Chakraborty 06 Dec '07

06 Dec '07

Dear All, I have been looking for some documents that are published by NCERT and/or the respective State counterparts(SCERT) and need your help in locating them.. I need DISTRICT LEVEL DATA from the 5th (1986-87) ALL INDIA EDUCATIONAL SURVEY (AIES). NCERT usually comes out with a report after each of their surveys with lists the India wide and state level details from the survey. However, we need district level data which they do not publish formally. I have come to know from fellow researchers at MIT, who have used the data before, and also from faculty members affiliated with NCERT, that the NCERT has the separate state volumes for the different states/UTs of India and the district data for each state can be obtained from those volumes. Some of the states might not be present at the NCERT library. They might be in the Central Secretariat library, the library of the Planning commission or other government libraries in Delhi. Most probably they will be with the libraries of the directorate of education of the relevant state since they are the ones who are linked with collecting and collating the data. I need those data for all the districts of India, and most importantly for West Bengal and Karnataka. Do you have any information about the location of these volumes? Please let me know your suggestions. Regards, Tanika. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Social Tagging and the Next Steps for Indexing
by Mailing List Admin 06 Dec '07

06 Dec '07

Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 19:48:38 -0800 (PST) From: vimal kumar <vimal0212(a)yahoo.com> Dear Friends, Here is an interesting paper deposited in DLIST. Which discusss about Social tagging, as a particular type of indexing, has thrown into question the nature of indexing.This paper also addresses the question: what is next for indexing? comparing social tagging and subject cataloguing. http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/2091/ Vimal Kumar Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark Trivandrum-695 581 www.asb.edu.in/vimal

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Online library
by Mailing List Admin 06 Dec '07

06 Dec '07

Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 10:21:58 +0000 (GMT) From: ashokar kar <ashokarmlisc(a)yahoo.co.in> An online library now that allows readers to borrow books online and have them delivered to your doorstep within a matter of 24 hours. With a one time registration fee of Rs 499 and a refundable deposit of Rs 499, you can choose a billing plan that allows you to choose books depending on your pace of reading. Charges range from Rs 139/month (for those who want to read three books a month) to Rs 3,000/month (which allows you to borrow 12 books). You can see that library through this URL http://www.librarywala.com/web/Index.aspx Hiten Turakhia, one of the founders of this library, says he and five other friends were inspired by their college days struggle to get books. Everybody would chip in Rs100 to get reading material for their courses. Sitting at a coffee shop lat year decided to make it easier for today�s generation. Thus librarywala.com was born. The library six founder members have expertise in related fields like IT, marketing and management. Their market-savvy has clearly paid off, in over two months since its launch. The website, which is currently operational only in Mumbai with 8,000 titles, hopes to extend its operations to Bangalore and Pune by next year. As professionals we should think that behind of their inspiration because they are not LIS professionals still they are providing a kind of information service without knowing of fundamental knowledge of regarding fields. As we know we can do such things to improve the library services in an innovative way. Regards Ashoka R. Librarian, Maharaja Institute of Technology, Mysore.

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