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Deleting Yahoo Answers is a disastrous idea. For history's sake, we need to preserve our digital record.
by Mohan Hr 29 Apr '21

29 Apr '21

Deleting Yahoo Answers is a disastrous idea. For history's sake, we need to preserve our digital record. https://www.businessinsider.com/deleting-yahoo-answers-disastrous-idea-pres… With regards -- hrmohan -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Amazon's Refusal To Let Libraries Lend Ebooks Shows Why Controlled Digital Lending Is So Important
by Mohan Hr 29 Apr '21

29 Apr '21

Amazon's Refusal To Let Libraries Lend Ebooks Shows Why Controlled Digital Lending Is So Important https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210312/00133146408/amazons-refusal-to-l… Interesting point of view With regards -- hrmohan -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Copyright registration: Bombay High Court shows the right way
by Raghavendra pawar 29 Apr '21

29 Apr '21

Copyright registration: Bombay High Court shows the right way <https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/copyright-registration-bombay-…> Thank you, Raghavendra R -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Sad demise of Dr.Suprabhat Majumdar due to Covid-19
by Pandurang Konnur 28 Apr '21

28 Apr '21

Dear Professional Friends, Dear Friends, Very sad to inform you all that the LIS Profession lost another Senior Professional Dr.Suprabhat Majumdar, former University Librarian of University of Delhi due to Covid-19 Pandemic. We lost a great LIS Intellectual. The profession has witnessed his dynamic role in building two giant Library systems in India. He proved his organising capacity while hosting the International Conference in 2009. I pray God to rest his Soul in peace and give strength to his family members to bear the tragic loss. Dr.P V Konnur President, LIS Academy Thanks & Regards, *Dr. P. V. Konnur* *President* - LIS Academy, Bangalore *Former LIS Professor*, *Fulbright Scholar* - (UIUC, USA) *Adviser - VTU Consortium, * *Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi - 590 018, * *Mobile* : 09449679737 *E-Mail* : pvkonnur(a)gmail.com Website: *www.lisacademy.org <http://www.lisacademy.org/>* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Research Support and Data Management Services in Academic Libraries - Challenges and Opportunities in India
by Dp Tripathi 28 Apr '21

28 Apr '21

Dear All, I am Dhanwantari Prakash Tripathi, working as a Deputy Librarian at National Institute of Technology Jalandhar. I am in the process of conducting one survey to study about the research support and data management services being provided in Indian Academic Libraries. For this I have prepared this small questionnaire to collect your input via the link mentioned below. https://forms.gle/QqmbgE4s5U7vs1ws8 With humble request, I seek your valuable time to provide input. I assure that your identity will never be disclosed and will be used in aggregate. I will ever remain thankful to you for your kind assistance. I may please be reached via email or over phone, in case you have any suggestion or query. Thanks DP Tripathi -- ************************************** *Dhanwantari Prakash Tripathi* MA (ECO), MLISc, HDISM, ECDL Ph.D. (Pursue) Commonwealth Fellow, University of East London ************************************** Deputy Librarian, Central Library Dr. B. R. Ambedkar NIT Jalandhar Jalandhar, Punjab - 144011 ************************************** *M - +91-8895296796* *U - www.dptripathi.co.in <http://www.dptripathi.co.in/>* *T* - *http://t.me/librarianguide <http://t.me/librarianguide>* *O - http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6748-9670 <http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6748-9670> * ************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for co-creators for Next Library Festival 2021
by Sharmila Ghosh 28 Apr '21

28 Apr '21

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Next Library <mail(a)nextlibrary.net> Date: Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 8:57 PM Subject: Call for co-creators for Next Library Festival 2021 To: milaghosh(a)gmail.com <milaghosh(a)gmail.com> *What do you want to share **with the library field?* Next Library Festival 2021 will be a free online event <http://www.nextlibrary.net/page/next-library-festival-2021>. It will run 24 hours on June 3 starting at 8 am (UTC+2) following the sun around the planet to the next day at 8 am (UTC+2). There will be keynotes, inspiration talks, participatory sessions, ignites, online happenings, The Next Room (drop-in-talkshows), singing, announcement of the Joy of Reading Award, surprises and MUCH more. *The program is co-creat**ed* *with you. And **w**e are looking for**: * *A:* *Ignites**:* 5 minute talks (live or pre-recorded) *B:* *Participatory sessions**:* Live workshops where we co-create and play together (45 minutes online sessions) *C:* *Tour Your Library* (live or pre-recorded): The Next Library Community can come visit you. What do you want to show? *D: Wildcards:* Ideas for online happenings, new rituals or social events Show us what you’ve got! Be brave and surprise us! *The o**verall* *themes * *of* *Next Library Festival 2021* *are**: * - Democracy - Library as space for Playful Learning and Creativity - Sustainable Development Goals We are looking for sessions, talks and happenings that could inspire, explore and share ideas related to these themes. *ow to  send a proposal? * Please send us a short proposal of your initial idea and answer these questions: - Who are you? - What organization do you represent? - What do you want to do and in what format? Synchronous or asynchronous? If it is a Participatory session: how many participants can attend your session? - What time zone are you in? Make it short and write in English and send it in MS Word or PDF to info(a)nextlibrary.net You may enclose or link to photos or short videos to explain the format or idea. Language?  The language is English, and there will not be any interpretation services available. *Timeline * Send your ideas as soon as possible. Shortly after we will get back to you! May 6:  This call will be closed! May 18: Program available at www.nextlibrary.net *Next Library Festival 2021 is* * organized* *by Aarhus Public Libraries, Denmark,* *in collaboration with Next Library Community, Next Library Advisory Boards &* *partners**:* EIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries) <http://www.eifl.net/> State Library of Queensland <http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/> *We reserve the right to alterations** and surprises! * Visit Next Library at: http://www.nextlibrary.net/?xg_source=msg_mes_network

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Request for an article
by Binod Yadav 21 Apr '21

21 Apr '21

Dear Professionals, Please provide the article. Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques <https://www.liebertpub.com/journal/lap>Vol. 29, No. 4 <https://www.liebertpub.com/toc/lap/29/4> Laparoscopic Access: Direct Trocar Insertion Versus Open <https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/lap.2018.0408>Technique <https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/lap.2018.0408> Sumesh Kaistha <https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/lap.2018.0408?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rf…> , Ameet Kumar <https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/lap.2018.0408?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rf…> , Rajesh Gangavatiker <https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/lap.2018.0408?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rf…> , Sreejith Br <https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/lap.2018.0408?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rf…> , and Nikhil Sisodiya <https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/lap.2018.0408?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rf…> Published Online:10 Apr 2019https://doi.org/10.1089/lap.2018.0408 -- Binod Kumar Yadav Deputy Chief Librarian B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences Dharan, Nepal Phone: +97725525555 Ext. 5438 Mobile:+977-9804060641 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Qualitative Research Methodology online Workshop (LIS)
by Jasimudeen S 21 Apr '21

21 Apr '21

*Qualitative Research Methodology in Social Sciences: Workshop Invitation* Dear Sir/Madam, *School of International Relations and Politics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala* in association with *Lore & Ed Research Associates Pvt Ltd* organizes 30 hours International Online Workshop on *_Qualitative Research Methodology in Social Sciences_*. You are cordially invited to join this course. Lets move beyond quantitative approaches, statistical procedures and software. In social sciences, researchers usually limit the scope of data analysis and interpretation to quantitative methodology. To gather in-depth insights into a problem, and resolve an issue, we must focus our research on specific groups or individuals. Qualitative research methodology helps you to fine tune your output. This 30 hours interactive workshop features breakout sessions, quizzes and group activities. It integrates with subjects like Sociology, Social Work, Psychology, Anthropology, History, Economics, Political Science, Business and Management Studies, and Library and Information Science. For more details, visit: https://loreanded.com/blog/f/qualitative-research-methodology-in-social-sci… Click here to register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSflOitHSH-udVRl-pZ_5mIgzZUcz9J5pkj… Contact Us: Email: info(a)loreanded.com WhatsApp: +917559945401 Regards Jasimudeen S Librarian St Stephens college Uzhavoor Kerala -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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The damage is total’: fire rips through historic South African library and plant collection
by Mohan Hr 20 Apr '21

20 Apr '21

Fire damages historic South African library <https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d…> Forest fires raging in South Africa’s Table Mountain National Park have reached the University of Cape Town and gutted the reading room of its main library <https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d…>, which houses irreplaceable documents and records from the country’s past. “We lose that texture of everyday life and struggles with a catastrophe like this,” says historian Sarah Emily Duff. The university’s botany building was also seriously damaged. Researchers have put out a call for anyone with photos or scans <https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d…> of the library’s collections to come forward to help recover some of the lost records. The “damage is total” says Timm Hoffman, a historical ecologist. The damage is total’: fire rips through historic South African library and plant collection University of Cape Town risks losing ‘irreplaceable’ historical material on anthropology, ecology and politics. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01045-4 Very sad to read this post/news HR Mohan -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Perception survey on Sci-Hub
by Lambodara Parabhoi 20 Apr '21

20 Apr '21

Dear Sir/Madam, The recent court case against sci-hub and Libgen by Elsevier, Wiley, and ACS (American Chemical Society) in India has triggered much academic discussion on the academic freedom and ethics on accessing scholarly resources. The Sci-Hub is a service that allows researchers to access all the scholarly papers which are behind a paywall. Alexandra Elbakyan, a young computer programmer from Kazakhstan, founded Sci-Hub to fill the gap in accessibility for quality journal articles. From its genesis, the sci-hub faces many challenges from the major publishers as the site makes a free database of all the articles which are behind a paywall that costs a lot to the publisher who generates this content. There are already court cases in the USA and many other countries. Coming to India, many Indian researchers who don't have access to scholarly content are quite dependent on the sci-hub for their research needs, the 2017 usage data of sci-hub shows, 8.7% of the request came from India which is 13 million downloads of research papers. On one side there is an ethics issue and on another side, there is an increase in the price of scholarly resources which is hindering the people who don't have access but want to contribute to scholarly research. The researcher and scholar are divided on the sci-hub issues, where those who believe that knowledge should be free to all and those affirm that there is a price for everything including knowledge. In view of this, the present survey is being conducted to know the perception of the teaching faculty/ researchers/ librarian/ scientists towards Sci-Hub vis-a-vis commodification of scholarly communications. The survey will take *five minutes to complete.* The information provided by you in the survey will be used for academic purposes only and kept confidential. Link of the survey : https://iima.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bC5tdBtJZxgVTKK Thank you in advance for your honest feedback. Warm regards Raj Kishor Kampa, PhD Mallikarjun Dora Lambodara Parabhoi Thanks & regards Lambodara Parabhoi UGC NET, MLISC Professional Assistant Indian Institute of Advanced Study Rashtrapati Nivas, Shimla-171005 Himachal Pradesh Ext-226 Rsearchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lambodara_Parabhoi Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=EvqTx88AAAAJ&hl=en ORCID:orcid.org/0000-0003-0615-8899 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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