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National Weimar on social sciences
by Nellore Harilakshmi 01 Feb '21

01 Feb '21

National Webinar on Research Methodology in Social Sciences Date: 5th to 6th February, 2021 Dear Professionals Friends, Greetings Sri Venkateswara University Library, Tirupati, Invites you to participate in the National webinar titled “National Webinar on Research Methodology in Social Sciences” Date: 5th to 6th February, 2021 Time: 10:AM to 5:30 PM Organiser: Dr. K. Surendra Babu, Associate Professor & Librarian I/C, S. V. University Library, Tirupati-517502. Registration Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1zxn5HN0RK2rApXZwcc2haZJE9XKIJp9t-_BU6OCJW-… No Registration Fee. Webinar Platform: Microsoft Teams meeting E-Certificate will be provided to those who registered and participated in the webinar. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Informatics Studies- Special Issues on Agricultural Informatics - Published
by Centre for Informatics Research and Development 01 Feb '21

01 Feb '21

Dear Scholars Informatics Studies has just published its latest special issue on Agricultural Informatics at: informaticsstudies.org. We invite you to review the Table of Contents here and then visit our web site to review articles and items of interest. Thanks for the continuing interest in our work, Dr. Raman Nair R. Executing Editor. Trivandrum - 43, *Informatics Studies. Vol 8, No 1 (2021): Agricultural Informatics* Table of Contents http://52.205.22.215/index.php/informatics/issue/view/51 Agricultural Informatics to Address Challenges in Increased Food Production (P. 03-04) - Editors, Informatics Studies. Food and Environment: Informatics for Walking the Tightrope (P.05-18) -Swaminathan MS. Need for National Information Infrastructure and 'Central Research Institute for Agricultural Informatics' under DARE/ICAR (P.19-40) - R Raman Nair Dr. A M Michael: Pioneering Water Conservation and Agricultural Informatics (P. 41-56) - Gireesh Kumar T K, and Jayapradeep M Mobile Technology: Concept, Framework and Implications in Agro-Advisory Services (P. 57-64) - Pankaj Kumar Ojha AGROVOC and Knowledge Management in Agriculture (P. 65-76) - Bakker Jane Scientometric Analysis of Contributions to the Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science (P. 77-94)- Ghouse Modin Nabeesab Mamdapur, Manjunath B Hadimani, Manjunath Devappa Kaddipujar, and Engin Senel The coming Issues of the Journal will be special issues on application of Information and Communication technology in the fields of biosciences and health /medicine. Papers are invited. Papers can be uploaded at: informaticsstudies.org Informatics Studies. http://52.205.22.215/index.php/informatics -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Open Access Global Trends and CMU Experiences: Lecture video and slides
by Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar 30 Jan '21

30 Jan '21

The KAUST University Library Annual Outreach Lecture 2021 on "Open Access global trends and CMU experiences" was delivered by Prof. Keith Webster, Dean of University Libraries Carnegie Mellon University, the USA on 28th January 2021. This lecture reviewed the growth of open access in recent years and considered the position of major publishers as they adjust their business models. Key developments explained include the impact of Plan S, the shift towards transformative read and publish agreements and the impact of mergers and acquisitions on the commercial landscape. The lecture also illustrated the opportunities and challenges for individual institutions like CMU. While introducing the speaker, Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar, the KAUST Library Director has announced the transformative open access agreements established at KAUST. The video of the live-streamed lecture is available at https://youtu.be/rsnhEw29aCw (please skip the first 5.30 minutes of the video). The slides used for the lecture can be downloaded from the CMU repository https://kilthub.cmu.edu/articles/presentation/Open_Access_Global_Trends_and… ---------- Dr. J. K. VIJAYAKUMAR, University Library Director, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST), www.kaust.edu.sa

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Job notification: Librarian
by Deepak Mehta 30 Jan '21

30 Jan '21

Dear Sir, Greetings from BITS Pilani! We are notifying the position of Librarian at Pilani and the Job Description is attached herewith. You are requested to kindly post the notification in your forum. The details are available on the Institute's website (http://www.bits-pilani.ac.in/pilani/ntpositions) Please use http://discovery.bits-pilani.ac.in/ntpositions/index.aspx to submit the application. For any technical issues during application submission, please reach out to us at hroffice(a)pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in. The last date to submit the application is February 11, 2021. Kindly confirm once the details are posted on your website. Thanks and with best regards, With Regards Deepak Mehta

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National webinar on "Reference Management in Scholarly Writing using Mendeley"
by meera anand 30 Jan '21

30 Jan '21

Dear Professional friends, Greetings! The Learning Resource Centre, Jain (Deemed-to-be University) invites you to participate in the National Webinar on “Reference Management in Scholarly Writing using Mendeley”. About the Webinar Managing references to sources used in scholarly writing can sometimes be a daunting task. But the availability of reference management software has simplified reference management to a great extent. Mendeley Desktop reference manager provided by Elsevier is feature-rich software that can be used by authors/researchers for easy and systematic reference management. This webinar focuses on demonstrating Mendeley Desktop reference manager and its effective use for managing references in scholarly writing. Learning Outcomes After participating in the webinar, a participant will be able to: •Understand the rudiments of citing and referencing. •Get acquainted with common referencing styles. •Install and use Mendeley Desktop reference manager. •Capture references from online sources. •Insert citations and generate references in various styles. •Perform advanced tasks such as importing references. Day& Date: Thursday, 04 February 2021 Time: 5.00 PM – 6.30 PM (IST) Resource Person: Dr. Rupesh Kumar A, Assistant professor, Department of Studies and Research in Library and Information Science, Tumkur University Registration Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdtr80idopAPc0sUhyhCQQ2BqnlBfZj-6X… No registration fee. Platform: Zoom After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. E-certificate will be provided to those who register and participate in the webinar after submitting the feedback. Who can participate? Faculties, research scholars, LIS professionals, students and others Looking forward to your active participation. Best Regards, Dr. Meeramani N Librarian and Program Coordinator Jain (Deemed-to-be University) Bangalore Cell: 9845500343 E-Mail: n.meeramani(a)jainuniversity.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Publications
by Chandrakant Sathe 30 Jan '21

30 Jan '21

Dear All, Academics typically write, review and edit publications like journals and textbooks, and they are often not paid for that. Charging their universities huge amounts of money to access these books in a digital format in a pandemic is surely unfair. https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.theguardian.com/educ… Thanks and regards, Chandrakant Sathe Mob 9890210410 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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One nation, one subscription
by M S Sridhar 29 Jan '21

29 Jan '21

Dear moderator, Request you to post the following in LIS Forum: Dear friends, Widely talked *‘One nation, one subscription’* (draft S&T policy) is not a new idea. Way back in the 1990s a similar proposal that ‘*no two libraries in India will subscribe to the same journal’* was made by Prof. Vishvanathan, then Director, INSDOC (and quoted by an international journal). This happened after too many and too long efforts of ‘rationalisation of subscription to journals’ by DST. Of course, *no two libraries in India will subscribe to the same journal* never took off. As a student (over 50 years ago), while studying information systems of various countries I heard/ read about *VINITI* of USSR, which used to subscribe to *one copy of all significant journals* of the world and translate each issue cover to cover to print to distribute to Russian scholars and researchers. By doing so, they have not only achieved ‘*one nation, one subscription’*, but *overcome barriers to language and OA* within the country. All these were easily possible for them within reasonable expenditure because of the totalitarian nature of the country. One another difference, today, is that we are talking of e-journals and not print journals. In a democratic set up, knowingly that it is impracticable and prohibitively costly, should we go with ‘one nation, one subscription’? If pursued, it will be like *‘networking for resource sharing’* and *‘consortia approach to subscription’* projects of past 2-3 decades where covert objectives of *centralization of resources and authority/ power *are met but not savings and extra service. Issues are certainly debatable! Yours, M S Sridhar, Former Head, Library and Documentation, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Informatics Innovation Award - LTC2021. 30 JAN 2021
by Sathyanarayana NV 29 Jan '21

29 Jan '21

Dear friends LTC2021 – the International Conclave on eScience and Digital Libraries, took off well on 27th Jan, with the inaugural address by Dr. K. Vijaya Raghavan, Principal Scientific Advisor to the. Government of India. Tomorrow is the final day of the LTC2021 with three sessions: 10:30 AM – 1:00 PM. Social Media and Research 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM. Health Informatics 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM. Case studies in Innovation and Valedictory CASE STUDIES IN INNOVATION session presents five best innovations selected by the independent members of Jury, from the nation-wide nominations received for Informatics Innovation Award. The team of Juries chaired by Dr. Anand Byrappa, Head of Data Centre and Libraries, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, has short-listed these case-studies for presentation from 30 innovations received. Best two of these five presentations will be selected for the award based on Juries’ assessment and audience score. Please do not forget to join the Case studies in Innovation Session and to vote for the best presenter to qualify two best for the Informatics Innovation Award. The VALIDECTORY ADDRESS will be delivered by Prof. V. N Rajasekharan Pillai, former UGC Chairman and currently the Vice Chancellor of Somiya Vidyavihar University, Mumbai. An eminent educationist, Prof. Pillai served as the Director of NAAC and VC of IGNOU in the past. N. V. Sathyanarayana Conclave Chair | Chairman & Managing Director | Informatics India Ltd. | Bangalore 560004 |INDIA | | www.informaticsglobal.com<http://www.informaticsglobal.com> | -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National webinar on "Reference Management in Scholarly Writing using Mendeley"
by meera anand 29 Jan '21

29 Jan '21

Dear Professional friends, Greetings! The Learning Resource Centre, Jain (Deemed-to-be University) invites you to participate in the National Webinar titled “Reference Management in Scholarly Writing using Mendeley”. About the Webinar Managing references to sources used in scholarly writing can sometimes be a daunting task. But the availability of reference management software has simplified reference management to a great extent. Mendeley Desktop reference manager provided by Elsevier is feature-rich software that can be used by authors/researchers for easy and systematic reference management. This webinar focuses on demonstrating Mendeley Desktop reference manager and its effective use for managing references in scholarly writing. Learning Outcomes After participating in the webinar, a participant will be able to: •Understand the rudiments of citing and referencing. •Get acquainted with common referencing styles. •Install and use Mendeley Desktop reference manager. •Capture references from online sources. •Insert citations and generate references in various styles. •Perform advanced tasks such as importing references. Day& Date: Thursday, 04 February 2021 Time: 5.00 PM – 6.30 PM (IST) Resource Person: Dr. Rupesh Kumar A, Assistant professor, Department of Studies and Research in Library and Information Science, Tumkur University Registration Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdtr80idopAPc0sUhyhCQQ2BqnlBfZj- 6X_QO9hMQUmhg77RA/viewform No registration fee. Webinar platform: Zoom After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. E-certificate will be provided to those who register and participate in the webinar after submitting the feedback. Who can participate? Faculties, research scholars, LIS professionals, students and others Looking forward to your active participation. Best Regards, Dr. Meeramani N Librarian and Program Coordinator Jain (Deemed-to-be University) Bangalore Cell: 9845500343 E-Mail: n.meeramani(a)jainuniversity.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Famed Chinese immunologist cleared of plagiarism and fraud
by Raghavendra pawar 28 Jan '21

28 Jan '21

Really interesting. Famed Chinese immunologist cleared of plagiarism and fraud <https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00219-4> 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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