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Interesting article on 'ebooks'
by N.S. Harinarayana 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

An interesting article has appeared in recent issue of 'Aslib proceeding' on ebooks. The details are as follows: Article Title: What do faculty and students really think about e-books? Authors: Ian Rowlands, David Nicholas, Hamid R. Jamali, Paul Huntington Link to Page: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/viewContentItem.do?contentType=Articl… -- N.S. Harinarayana, Ph.D Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore, Manasagangtori Mysore 570 006 Off. Ph: (0821) 2419399 -- 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] topics for development of LIS professionals
by Sukhdev Singh 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

Dear Friends, While Dr Rath wishes to differ with me but I fully agree with him that fundamental research is needed for the future of LIS. In fact no discipline or practice can stand of its on without having a core of theories and organized supporting science. I have been suggesting my following model for LIS Education and Practice. It consists of three encapsulating cores. 1 - CORE - having the essential LIS philosophy, theory, Tools and Best Practices. 2 - MIDDLE CORE - comprising of Information Technologies (All ICE Technologies) that boosts the effectiveness of the CORE (1). 3 - INTERFACE CORE - This is the face that is perceived by Prospective Employers. It takes the feedback from the job market, adjusts the MIDDLE Core to satisfy the Employers' requirements. Dr. Rath would find that Innermost CORE consists of theory and philosophy of LIS. This is where fundamental research in LIS is a must. --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. On Nov 26, 2007 11:39 AM, Prabhash N. Rath <prabhash(a)gipe.ernet.in> wrote: > Dear Dr Sukhdev Singh > > While I see merit in your reaction to Mr Rajesh Rangappa's posting, I beg to > differ little on certain issues. It is true that foreign universities impart > such type of training that any LIS professional can work in any type of > library, simultaneously I feel that some research is needed for conventional > library science topics also. This helps in maintaining the academic flavour > of the subject. You must have noticed that very good qualitative articles on > such topics regularly appear in journals like Library Quarterly, Libraries > and the Cultural Record, Knowledge Organisation etc. > > The problem with most of the LIS researchers here is that they don't do any > research rigorously. Even on convetional topics, good research can be made > and in a social science subject topic, we can't say that some thing is > outdated. For example, many of us don't know 'whys' of many event happened > in the past. Recently, while submitting a paper to Libraries and the > Cultural Record, I was asked some interesting questions by their editor like > what made to the enactment of Press and Registration of Books Act 1867 (with > documentary evidence), and why INB provides both DDC and CC in its entries > etc. So I feel, while recruiting teachers, we need to identify > specialisation on which we require teachers. In India, except specialisation > in IT, I have never seen any advertisement giving any other specialisation. > > With regards > Prabhash N. Rath > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sukhdev Singh" <esukhdev(a)gmail.com> > To: "Rajesh Rangappa" <deepakdeepa89(a)gmail.com> > Cc: <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 1:00 PM > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] topics for development of LIS professionals > > > >I fully endorse the feeling of Rajesh. > > > > While interacting with young professionals, I am observing an > > increasing level of frustration. Perhaps they expect much more from > > senior professionals. > > > > While comparing with foreign universities we may remember one thing - > > they compete with other to attract better students. They cost much > > more. The same does not apply to Indian Universities. Competition, if > > any, among Indian Universities is yet to start. > > > > --Sukhdev Singh, NIC. > > > > > > > > On Nov 22, 2007 4:51 PM, Rajesh Rangappa <deepakdeepa89(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> > Dear Professional, > >> > > >> > Don't we feel the syllabus of MLISc, and even the topics on which your > >> > privileged Universities are undertaking research in LIS are so old and > >> > outdated. Except few topics which are to be integral part of Library > >> professional's, ( like classification and cataloguing). Others are of > >> very > >> > less use, > > > > -- > > 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 > > > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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International Conference on Building Knowledge Repositories
by Sanjeev Kumar Jain 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

Dear LIS Professional International Conference on Building Knowledge Repositories: Cross- Sectoral Collaborations during 7-9 February 2008 at Gandhi Darshan Complex, Opposite Gandhi Samadhi New Delhi (India) Last date for submission of paper or presentation is-31st December 2007. For more: http://www.niftindia.com or write to the undersigned SANJEEV KUMAR JAIN Resource Centre/Library NIFT Campus, ITI Colony, Doorbhash Nagar Rae Bareli (U.P.) 209 010 Mobile: +91-94529-68706 Email: sanjeevmlis(a)yahoo.co.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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LIS-Forum guidelines
by Mailing List Admin 24 Nov '07

24 Nov '07

Dear Member, Currently, an interesting discussion is underway based on Prof. Arunachalam's posting related to the writing of Liz Lyon. While the discussions are most welcome but members should keep in mind that while replying to a posting only the specific portion of the original posting should be included, preferably at top before the reply portion begins. What's been happening now is that with a very few exceptions, rest of the members who participate in a discussion, include the entire message to which they are replying to. This practice will unnecessarily bloat the size of the messages and many a times fellow members may loose track of the on-going discussion. As a reminder, I'm including the guidelines of this list for your perusal. Thanks for your cooperation. With best regards, - Moderator, LIS-Forum Discussion List NCSI, IISc, Bangalore, India LIS-Forum guidelines -------------------- 1. Mails to LIS-Forum should be sent in "Plain text format" only. This can be ensured by making suitable changes in your mail client software. For example, if you have a Yahoo! email id, then to set the email composing mode to 'Plain Text', all that it takes is a few mouse clicks, as indicated below: - Login to your account - Click on 'Option' (right below the search box) - Scroll down to locate 'General Preferences' and click on it - Scroll down to locate 'Composing E-mails' and check the 'Compose messages as plain text' radio button. The above actions will ensure that your mail will be sent in Plain Text' format. 2. Mails with attachments (.doc, .pdf, etc) will not be approved for distribution. Such mails will be discarded. 3. Appropriate 'Subject' should be provided for every posting.. 4. When responding to emails, please retain ONLY any relevant portion of the original, if needed - at the TOP. Do not include one or more threads. 5. Please post mails only for discussing Library and Information Science and related issues. If seeking help (eg an article) - please mention that you have tried other resources and are asking for help from the forum, only because you have not succeeded from other resources 6. Do ensure that your complete Signature details are present (Name, organization, address, phone/fax nos) 7. If the content of your mail is already available online then your mail should just provide the gist of such content and provide its correct URL. 8. Mails meant for LIS-forum should be sent only to lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in and not to any other email id 9. Messages are to be posted without the covering note to the moderator. 10. Do not compose the entire mail in capital letters

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Re: [LIS-Forum] topics for development of LIS professionals
by Umme Asima 24 Nov '07

24 Nov '07

Dear Professionals, I am a student of MLISc from University of Mysore. I would like to respond to the issue raised by Mr. Rajesh Aldarthi on updating the syllabus. I have very limited exposure in the field but still want to record my opinion on the issue. I agree in principle that the changes are required. However, I do not tend to agree with the sweeping remarks, like the one made by Mr. Aldarthi, that the syllabus of universities are 'so old'. For instance, the syllabus I am studying at MyDLIS, Mysore is fairly futuristic and I have heard this comment from external professionals (including the ones coming from outside our country). When I discussed this issue with my teachers, they say that a few universities have already included many upcoming courses relevant to library and information science. As Mr. Sukdev suggested that we have to be careful in adopting the western syllabus. The topics suggested by Mr. Aldarthi confused me further that whether we have to get ourselves trained as "Information Professional (Librarian)" or "Computer professional"? Topics such as "Natural Language Processing", "Advanced Natural Language Processing and Information Retrieval", "Graphic Design", "Database Application Design" and so on appears to me as core computer science topics. As a student I am confused about the competencies that I should develop to become a good information professional. N.A. Umme Asima Student of MLISc Department of Library and Information Science University of Mysore Manasagangotri Mysore 570 006 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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open repositories conference 2008
by vijay kumar 24 Nov '07

24 Nov '07

dear library professionals, Repositories play a pivotal role in the evolving scholarly information environment of open access research outputs and scholarly collections. With its theme of "Practice and Innovation", OR08 will create an opportunity for practitioners and researchers to share experiences and to explore the challenges of the new scholarly communication. They call for papers so follow the following links http://or08.ecs.soton.ac.uk/index.html thanks vijay kumar -- 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] Attention please
by Vara Lakshmi Rudrabhatla 23 Nov '07

23 Nov '07

Yes what Prof Amudha stated is true. Let us do something in action. There is need to promote our profession as suggested by Ms Vasumati Sriganesh since public have a different opinion. 1. Let us write articles in newspapers and telecast talks about the changing face of the profession. I will write one today itself for local newpaper and workout for a telecast in local cable vision. I am ready to write the same for national newspapers also but it should not be duplicated. I think if a working professional from corporate sector writes with his experience it will have more effect. 2. It is time for the LIS departments to to put a note in admision notification that 'candidates with good academic record have positions in corporate sector after completion of the course'. 3. Interaction with working professionals, as suggested by Mr Koteswara Rao, certainly boost the morale of students and motivate them. The departments in metros, where there are industries and business houses, had already initiated such programmes. The problem is with remote departments where they have to find means to meet their TA. 4. Regarding teacher expertise....Collaborative teaching is a viable option though not acceptable to many. Faculty exchange programmes atleast within a state may help to share the expertise of teachers with low cost. thanks varalakshmi -- Dr. RSR Varalakshmi Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science., Andhra University. Visakhapatnam. _________________________________________________________________ Post free property ads on Yello Classifieds now! www.yello.in http://ss1.richmedia.in/recurl.asp?pid=221 -- 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] topics for development of LIS professionals
by Rajesh Rangappa 23 Nov '07

23 Nov '07

> Dear Professional, > > Don't we feel the syllabus of MLISc, and even the topics on which your > privileged Universities are undertaking research in LIS are so old and > outdated. Except few topics which are to be integral part of > Library professional's, ( like classification and cataloguing). Others are > of very > less use, Even though they are suitable for Indian environment and > Infrastructure facilities. > > The student's like us are not exposed to current technology > and > trends, we are studying the same old subjects, what your teachers have > studied in their years of study and research… Its like running a old > horse > in race and betting to win. > > So lets determine yourself to update your knowledge, skills > and > techniques of developing profession .. Hence I have made an attempt to > bring > some topics, which are to be studied by an information professional. This > are based on the syllabus of Master of Science in Information from > School of Information in Michigan US. *Borad topics > * > Archives and Records Management (ARM) > > Community Informatics (CI) > > Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) > > Incentive-Centered Design (ICD) > > Information Analysis and Retrieval(IAR) > > Information Policy (IP) > > Library and Information Services(LIS) > > School Library Media Certification > > Preservation of Information (PI) > > Social Computing (SC) > > They all will include the following topics specific topics on which > current research can be conducted for, Application and implementation for > professional development. I am interested in preparing notes on these topics > , so you all can help to contribute for our profession's future students. > Design of Complex Web Sites > Programming I (Java) > Networks: Theory and Application Human Interaction in Information Retrieval > Natural Language Processing Database Application Design > Recommender Systems > Data Manipulation > Exploratory Data Analysis > Information Retrieval > Searching and Databases > Networks: Theory and Application > Language and Information > Natural Language Processing > Advanced Natural Language Processing and Information Retrieval > Evaluation of Systems and Services > Interface and Interaction Design > Fundamentals of Human Behavior > Graphic Design > Information-Seeking Behavior > Multimedia Production > Visual Persuasion > Natural Language Processing > Database Application Design > Recommender Systems > Data Manipulation Exploratory Data Analysis > Security in the Digital World > Information Visualization Information Architecture > Information in Organizations > eCommunities: Analysis and Design of Online Interaction > Environments > Computer-Supported Cooperative Work > Natural Language Processing > Semantic Web > Preserving Information > Digital Libraries > Evaluation of Systems and Services > Information Visualization > Interface and Interaction Design > > > -- > RAJESH ALDARTHI > LIBRARIAN (Jain Institute of vocational and Advanced Studies) > #127/3, Bull Tempel Road, > Chamarajpet, Bangalore-560096 > Email: deepakdeepa89(a)gmail.com > Phone: 9886268857 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Made in India (MS Office like- suite)
by Kshirod 23 Nov '07

23 Nov '07

Dear Professionals, Bangalore-based InstaColl, co-founded by Sabeer Bhatia, Sumanth Raghavendra and Kaushal Cavale, today launched an application called Live Documents, which is a hybrid online-offline office suite of applications with features similar to Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. for details about this read the complete articles: http://www.business-standard.com/iceworld/storypage.php?leftnm=8&subLeft=1&… Regards, -- Kshirod Das Information Service Division National Institute of Technology Roukela Rourkela-769 008, Orissa -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: OpenDOAR hits 1000th Repository
by Subbiah Arunachalam 23 Nov '07

23 Nov '07

>From Leslie Carr of Southampton University Congratulations to the OpenDOAR team for keeping track of all these repositories. I wish them even more future success! The magic figure of 1,000 is both a milestone for OpenDOAR and an opportunity for reflection by the community. In the computing field some twenty years ago the NeXT workstation was designed to be the first 3'M' workstation - ie one that had more than one Megabyte of RAM, a Megapixel display and Megaflop performance. In the intervening time, workstation performance has increased hugely and my workstation has 2 megapixel display, a 2,000 megabyte memory and performance measured in tens of thousands of megaflops. But the scale of the repository world is measured in thousands (K) rather than millions (M). As well as the 1,000 representing the number of repositories, it describes the size of their contents (repositories commonly hold around 1,000 items) and the size of their constituency (each serves around 1,000 faculty/academic users). So the repository world is currently in a 3'K' state. But what can we expect from the future? University communities are likely to stay the same size but the number of repositories will increase - perhaps by a factor of ten (to include all the institutions across the world) - or perhaps by a hundred (as individual departments and projects get their own repositories). But the real growth will come from capturing an increasing proportion of the thousands of thousands of faculty and researchers and research students for each of those repositories. If every person contributed 10 items every year to their repository (research outputs, publications, posters, data sets, presentations, teaching materials) then over the course of a decade a typical repository would accrue 100,000 items. So in ten year's time I look forward to ten times as many repositories each containing a hundred times as many items as the present. But size isn't everything, and its important to think about how such a change in capacity might lead to new capabilities. Looking back on the computer world, the 3M technical capacity achieved in the NeXT workstation gave Tim Berners-Lee the platform on which he was able to design and implement the first prototypes of the World Wide Web. And so I look forward to unprecedented improvements in scientific and scholarly enquiry created by a huge increase in repository capacity and openly accessible knowledge. Once again, congratulations to Bill, Pete, Gareth, Stephen and all the OpenDOAR technical and reviewing teams! -- Les Carr Caveats: obviously in the above text I'm working in approximate scales, rather than statistically valid estimates. But while some find it unrealistic, I stand by my assertion that every faculty member could reasonably contribute ten "intellectual outputs" per year to their repository. For more figures and calculations to support this, see http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july07/carr/07carr.html ________________________________________________________ You're not bound to your email address, it's a snitch to switch. Give Yahoo! Mail a try. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/mail/isp_targeting2.html -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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