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A Martyr and a Warrior: Guerilla open access movement and the continuing battle for radical access to scholarly literature
by madhan muthu 16 Mar '21

16 Mar '21

You are invited - Symposium series on open access to HSS research. *A Martyr and a Warrior: Guerilla open access movement and the continuing battle for radical access to scholarly literature * Date: 22 March 2021 Time: 10.30 am -12.30 pm (Indian Standard Time) Link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_H1Y1jATRSjerOJ9lMjqk7A (Kindly register) Discussant: M Madhan, Azim Premji University *Speakers: * Anubha Sinha (Centre for Internet and Society, Bengaluru) Title: Guerilla open access and its relevance for Indian research community Anubha will reflect on the arc of the guerilla open access movement, and its turning points such as Aaron Swartz's prosecution, Libgen's and Sci-hub's missions, and more. She will also highlight the movement's connections and relevance for Indian researchers. Arul George Scaria (National Law School, Delhi) Title: Sci-Hub Litigation in India: Why the courts should protect the public interest in access to knowledge resources? Arul will be providing an overview of the legal issues involved in the litigation initiated in India by three major publishers against Sci-Hub and Libgen. He will discuss the specific facts of the case and examine whether there are any legitimate grounds for granting a "dynamic injunction" against Sci-Hub ad Libgen. As part of the remarks, he will discuss the factors that a court needs to take into consideration while deciding on an injunction application. During his remarks, he will also touch upon some of the important lessons for the global community from the prosecution of Aaron Swartz in the US and the tragic end of that prosecution. -- Madhan, M -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Feedback invited on the draft IFLA Guidelines for Professional Library and Information Science (LIS) Education Programmes
by Aida Slavic 15 Mar '21

15 Mar '21

Hi, IFLA Building Strong LIS Education Working Group (BSLISE) has recently completed a draft of the new "Guidelines for Professional Library and Information Sciences (LIS) Education Programme". This is now available for public review. You can find the Guidelines at http://go.illinois.edu/draftLISEguide. There are two ways in which you can provide your feedback after you view the Guidelines: a) by filling in an online form by_31 March_ (a blue button on this page https://bslise.org/lis-education-guidelines/) b) by attending our Feedback FORUM via Zoom on Wednesday,*March 24*, 12pm GMT+8 (Beijing) – *Asia and Oceania (ENGLISH)* – Moderated by Sohaimi Zakaria, Jiuming Ji (to register see the red button on the following page https://bslise.org/lis-education-guidelines/) Please distribute this announcement to colleagues in India interested in LIS education and training Many thanks and kind regards, Aida Slavic IFLA Building Strong LIS Education Working Group https://bslise.org/

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Online Refresher Course/Workshop in Library Science
by Nazrul Azmi 15 Mar '21

15 Mar '21

Kindly put it in the latest mailing list PFC Librarian Ramanujan College (DU), New Delhi-110019 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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20th Mar 2021: Webinar on "How NoCode Is Changing The Way We Build Software". Other Events of CSI, ACM & IEEE CS in Mar 2021.
by Mohan Hr 14 Mar '21

14 Mar '21

IEEE CS Madras, ACM Chennai, & CSI Chennai cordially invite you to the webinar Topic: How NoCode Is Changing The Way We Build Software Speaker: Mr. Jagdish Bajaj, Entrepreneur & NoCode Consultant, Toronto, Canada Date: Saturday, 20th Mar 2021 Time: 6 pm to 7 pm IST PDF invite at http://bit.ly/3cUFb6l Register at http://bit.ly/3a85eoS *FORTHCOMING EVENTS* 15th Mar 2021: Presentation on "Combating Diabetes: How Technology Plays a Role in Prevention & Treatment" and release of the book "Making Excellence a Habit". You can directly join the Google Meeting at the Link: https://meet.google.com/xhv-hgco-dxf You can watch the meeting using the YouTube live streaming link at https://youtu.be/b-rnjLnnrRU 20th Mar 2021: How NoCode Is Changing The Way We Build Software http://bit.ly/3a85eoS 24th Mar 2021: Demystifying Cryptography & Encryption Algorithms http://bit.ly/3ri7mzQ 27th Mar 2021: Ethical Practices in Research Writing: The Traits of an Honest Innovator http://bit.ly/3qwtmHy For pdf invite, presentation & speaker details of events in: Mar 2021: https://bit.ly/2Ml5VlD For additional events in Mar 2021: https://bit.ly/2Ogg6Z4 Interesting Reads And Information -- IRAI -- 210301: https://bit.ly/3sEhio7

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Scientists want virtual meetings to stay after the COVID pandemic
by Raghavendra pawar 12 Mar '21

12 Mar '21

Scientists want virtual meetings to stay after the COVID pandemic <https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00513-1?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20210311…> 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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Good news for Libraries - No TDS on e-resources henceforth - Supreme Court Final Judgement
by Francis Jayakanth 12 Mar '21

12 Mar '21

Dear Members, Forwarding an important message from Mr. N.V. Sathyanarayan, CMD, Informatics India. ________________________________ From: Sathyanarayana NV <sathya(a)informaticsglobal.com> Sent: 04 March 2021 13:06 To: Francis Jayakanth <francis(a)iisc.ac.in> Subject: Good news for Libraries - No TDS on e-resources henceforth - Supreme Court Final Judgement External Email Dear LIS Professionals In a judgement dated 2nd March 2021, the Supreme Court of India has ruled that buyers of software products/services and all such copyrighted materials (which will include e-Content such as databases, e-books and e-Journals, etc.) need not deduct TDS. As most of you may be aware, in the budget of 2011-12, the Indian Government had amended Section 9(1) (vi) of Income Tax Act leading to deduction tax at source (TDS) for all copyrighted digital material by – (a) the institutional buyers while paying for the purchase or subscription to e-resources like e-books and e-journals. (b) the agents/distributors while paying to their publishers for such e-resources. This had caused severe hardship to both libraries and distributors/agents, particularly on import of e-resources. Due to this unfortunate situation our Company (Informatics) had to stop taking orders for the purchase of or subscription to e-resource from foreign suppliers as most of the foreign publishers were reluctant to let us apply TDS as per the amended Indian Government’s laws beginning 2012. From now on this bad law will be a history. For recent news on this judgement please visit: https://www.timesnownews.com/business-economy/companies/article/payments-ma… Copy of this 226-page judgement is available for download at: https://itatonline.org/archives/wp-content/uploads/Engineering-Analysis-Sof… N. V. Sathyanarayana | Chairman & Managing Director | Informatics India Ltd. | Bangalore 560004 |INDIA | | www.informaticsglobal.com<http://www.informaticsglobal.com> |

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Please do not miss listening to Dr.Ramachandra Guha - A Historian speaking about his experiences in using Libraries
by Pandurang Konnur 11 Mar '21

11 Mar '21

Dear Professional Friends, LIS Academy is organising the first physical lecture after Covid-19 pandemic. The 5th LISA Distinguished Lecture will be delivered by Padma Bhushan Awardee Dr.Ramachandra Guha, one among the world's most popular Historians. Topic: "A Lifetime of Foraging in Libraries and Archives” Venue: Bangalore International Center No. 7, 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560071 Google map link for reaching the venue: https://maps.app.goo.gl/PAsdWNTxnj83puKY6 Date and Time: 13th March 2021 @ 3.00pm Download Brochure from the following Link: https://d8e68c6d-9b89-4b28-90fd-d84943b8601f.filesusr.com/ugd/eb6c19_280d9a… I request all professionals to participate in the event in large numbers and promote LIS Academy initiatives. However, the event will also be streamed on LIS Academy YouTube Channel in the following link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0H14LTSfHALz9POjCCL63A Thanks & Regards, Konnur President, LIS Academy Mobile : 09449679737 E-Mail : pvkonnur(a)gmail.com Website: 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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Request for Articles.
by ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸ್ ಸೀನು 10 Mar '21

10 Mar '21

Dear Sir/Madam, Please send me the following articles. if you have access to that Journal. Because, One of our students wants to cite the same article for his Research work. Does rainfall variability explain low uptake of agricultural credit? Evidence from Ethiopia Kibrom A Abay, Bethelhem Koru, Jordan Chamberlin, Guush Berhane https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbab013 Assessing the Validity of Self-rated Health Across Ethnic Groups: Implications for Health Disparities Research Christy L. Erving & Rachel Zajdel https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40615-021-00977-x -- *Regards* ************* *Srinivas, K* *Documentalist* *Institute for Social and Economic Change(ISEC)* *Nagarabhavi-560072.* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for article..
by ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸ್ ಸೀನು 10 Mar '21

10 Mar '21

Dear Sir/Madam, Please send me the following article. if you have access to that Journal. Because, One of our students wants to cite the same article for his Research work. A Governance Theory for Cross-Border Regions: Identifying Principles and Processes with Grounded Theory Jose L. Wong Villanueva ORCID Icon,Tetsuo Kidokoro &Fumihiko Seta https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08865655.2021.1878924 -- *Regards* ************* *Srinivas, K* *Documentalist* *Institute for Social and Economic Change(ISEC)* *Nagarabhavi-560072.* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Vacancy for SENIOR PROJECT ASSISTANT (in Library & Information Science) position at IIT Gandhinagar - ( deadline 12th March 2021)
by Panna Chaudhary 10 Mar '21

10 Mar '21

Dear Professionals, Applications are invited for a post of Senior Project Assistant (on contract basis only) for ‘Scaling up the Digital Repository, Managing and Promoting Research Publications’ created and managed by the Library at IIT Gandhinagar for a period of one year. *More details are given at: * https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f0PgTNXEnoMLJbhB_CcRcYc2URbHccEj/view Deadline for submitting application: *12th March 2021 * Kindly encourage the professionals who meet the requirements and are keen to work for such an interesting project to apply at the earliest. Thanks and Regards Panna -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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