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Invitation for Dr. T.B. Rajashekar 15th Memorial Lecture, 2020
by madhuresh.singhal 28 Jun '20

28 Jun '20

Dear All, NCSI-Net Foundation cordially invites you and your colleagues to Dr. T.B. Rajashekar 15th Memorial Lecture, 2020 on: "The State of Open Access: Where does it stand and where is it heading?" By Mr. N.V. Sathyanarayana, CMD, Informatics India Limited, Bengaluru and presided over by Professor Subbiah Arunachalam Date & Time: Monday, 29th June 2020 at 3.30 p.m. Online registration link: https://bit.ly/TBRlecture Note: Upon registration, you will get the Webinar link. Abstract of the talk: The Open Access (OA) movement has been going through two decades of the most highly debated evolution. Various initiatives by all stakeholders - scholarly community, authors, publishers, libraries, funding agencies, and the Government - involved in the movement have brought in changes in journal publishing today. The number of open access journals outnumbers the subscription journals. Even in total article views, OA has overtaken subscription journals. Currently, 31% of all articles are available as OA and 52% of article views are from OA journals. Yet, all these initiatives and results have been limited in their impact. The movement's goal post of 100% OA for scholarly communication is still not in sight. On the contrary, libraries and their consortia models continue to spend a significant amount of their budget on their subscriptions besides additional spending by authors on Article Processing Charges (APC). New business models like Plan S are being talked about with no global consensus emerging. The lecture will focus on the critical issues at the heart of the movement such as the institutional repositories (IRs), OA publishing models, copyright conflicts, challenges of finding a sustainable business model and accelerated role of libraries. The speaker proposes to pose and debate on the question - Is there a disruptive OA model in the reckoning? The lecture will also address the Indian scenario and the challenges it poses for Indian scholarly publishing to become an integral part of global OA models. About the speaker Shri. N V Sathyanarayana is a former librarian, information entrepreneur, and information services and products developer rolled into one. He is the Founder Director of Informatics India Ltd., - a leading Information Products and Services Company, established in 1980. Currently, he is the Chairman and of Informatics. Shri Sathyanaraya started his career as a librarian and worked in institutions such as the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, HMT, Bangalore, and Smith Kline & French, Bangalore for seven years before promoting his brainchild Informatics. He is also associated with several professional/academic bodies connected with the LIS profession and the information industry. To mention a few: Infotex'93; First National Conference on Digital Libraries (in India) in 1996, Bangalore; Infovision 2005, the first International Information Industry Summit, Bangalore. He is the recipient of the Young Information Scientist Award (1991). The Government of Karnataka conferred on him the Best Librarian Award (2006). The lecture will be presided over by: Professor Subbiah Arunachalam, Visiting Professor, DST Centre for Policy Research, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. About Professor Arunachalam Prof. S. Arunachalam is globally known for his expertise in Scientometrics and their use for assessing the research impact on a wide scale ranging from individuals and departments to institutions and countries. His interests include scientometrics, science policy, information science, public understanding of science, openness in scholarly communication, ICT for Development and rural knowledge centers, and improving information access, both for scientists and for the rural poor. He is one of the earliest in the developing countries to use citation indexes to study developments in science and science policy. He was instrumental in CSIR, DBT and DST adopting Green open access as official policy. We look forward to seeing you at the event. With best regards, Madhuresh Singhal On behalf of NCSI-Net Foundation Disclaimer: The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. 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Install Zotero using Snap package management tool
by Vimal Kumar V. 28 Jun '20

28 Jun '20

Zotero reference management tool has no Debian/Redhat package for installation. Users had to install from source. Installation from source is not easy for Linux newbies. Now Zotero snaps packaging available. Snap is a software package management and deployment system developed by Canonical (Mother organisation of Ubuntu Linux). It's easy to deploy applications using the Snap tool. Snap package management system can work with most Linux distributions (e.g. Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch). Packages are called 'snaps' and the package management tool called 'snapd'. Linux users have to install the snapd tool in Linux to install applications in the snap repository. Install Snap sudo apt update sudo apt install snapd Restart the computer after the installation of snapd. Install Zotero using snap Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organise, cite, and share your research sources. Apply the following command to install Zotero snap package, sudo snap install zotero-snap Zotero icon will appear in application launcher (Zotero icon appeared in Office > Zotero in my Ubuntu 20.04 LTS). A Snap store is available; users can search and find apps from here, https://snapcraft.io/store. Reference Snap getting started https://snapcraft.io/docs/getting-started How to Install and Use Snap on Ubuntu 18.04 https://codeburst.io/how-to-install-and-use-snap-on-ubuntu-18-04-9fcb6e3b34… -- Vimal Kumar V. Technical Assistant Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam, Kerala, India-686 560 My Home Page: http://www.vimalkumar.info My Blogs: http://linuxhalwa.blogspot.com http://kohageek.blogspot.com http://dspacegeek.blogspot.com http://moovandan.blogspot.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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International Webinar: Mr. Marshall Breeding will be live on 30th June 2020
by Dr. Nihar Patra 28 Jun '20

28 Jun '20

Internationally renowned speaker Mr Marshall Breeding will be live on 30th June 2020 at 6.00 PM in India and 7.30 AM in USA Mr. Breeding is an Independent Consultant, Speaker, and Author, USA. https://librarytechnology.org/marshallbreeding/ For Registration: https://bit.ly/IndianWebinar Topic: CURRENT GLOBAL TRENDS IN LIBRARY TECHNOLOGY: POSSIBILITIES OF INNOVATION FOR LIBRARIES IN INDIA Agenda and Guest speakers Current Global Trends in Library Technology: Possibilities of Innovation for Libraries in India Mr. Marshall Breeding, Independent Consultant, Speaker & Author, USA ProQuest’s Experience in Innovative Technologies for Libraries Mr. Sanjay Rajan, Sr. Training & Consulting Partner, ProQuest Coordinator & Moderator of the Event: Dr. Nihar K Patra, University Librarian, Manipur University, A Central University Event Information Date: 30th June.Time: 06:00 PM – 07:30 PM Indian Time / 07:30 AM USA time Event site: Webex (When the event starts, join the event by entering the event password). Event Password: You will receive an email with the password once you complete your registration. Weblink: https://www.manipuruniv.ac.in/events/international-webinar-on-current-globa… -- *Dr. Nihar K. Patra, M.Phil. (LIS), PGDLAN, Ph.D. University LibrarianManipur University(A Central University under MHRD, GoI)* *Canchipur, Imphal, Manipur - 795003**Call: 8901358463*

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Forthcoming Events -- 200628
by Mohan Hr 27 Jun '20

27 Jun '20

Dear all Pl find a select list of forthcoming virtual events / webinars scheduled in Jun / Jul 2020 Pl register and get benefited With regards -- hrmohan E&OE ==== Forthcoming Events ==== 29th June 2020 at 3.30 pm IST ========================= NCSI-Net Foundation hosts Dr. T.B. Rajashekar 15th Memorial Lecture, 2020 Topic: The State of Open Access: Where does it stand and where is it heading? Resource Persons: Mr. N.V. Sathyanarayana, CMD, Informatics India Limited, Bengaluru and presided by Professor Subbiah Arunachalam, Visiting Professor, DST Centre for Policy Research, IISc Register at https://bit.ly/TBRlecture 30th Jun 2020 at 11 am IST ====================== Teamlease hosts a webinar Topic: Future of Work - The Leap Towards Digital Transformation. Speakers: Mr. Rajagopalan Balaji - Head - Shared Services Centre, Larsen & Toubro Limited Mr. Sanjeev Sharan, Director - HR, ZTE Telecom https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8G7XkXvpRyKJeK6r_sHLpg 30th Jun 2020 6 am UTC / 11.30 am IST ================================= Asia Pacific Internet Society presents its second webinar in the #APACInsights series. Topic: True Lies: Misinformation, Censorship and the Open Internet. The discussion will focus on how attempts to stop fake news & misinformation could impact the Open Internet. Speakers: Join Nighat Dad of the Digital Rights Foundation, Peng Hwa Ang of the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, William Yu of Novare Technologies, and Rajnesh Singh of the Internet Society Register at https://isoc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ppiFA373Qd6mWQLHcErkRw 30th Jun 2020 at 8.30 am IST ======================== Sitecore presents a webinar Topic: Rethinking marketing content management in current times Speakers: Victoria Bednjacic, Content Hub Specialist, Sitecore Simon Kearney, CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Click2View Register at https://www.sitecore.com/webinars/rethinking-content-in-current-times 30th Jun 2020 at 6 pm IST ===================== CSI Chennai, ACM Chennai and IEEE CS Madras presents a webinar Topic: IoT and AI for Healthcare and Manufacturing. Speaker: Dr. Arpan Pal, Chief Scientist and Research Area Head, Embedded Systems and Robotics, TCS Research and Innovation, Tata Consultancy Services Invite at https://bit.ly/30Gzymc Register at https://bit.ly/2Adiol3 1st Jul 2020 at 4.30 pm to 6.30 pm IST ================================ Join the Your Story hosted conversation with the honorable minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister for Communications, Electronics & Information Technology and Law & Justice, Govt of India with tech entrepreneurs of India on "5 years of Digital India and the way forward" Register at https://bit.ly/3i9SSOY 1st Jul 2020 at 6 pm IST ===================== A Webinar by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and the New Economics Foundation (NEF) Topic: Capturing Our Future -- How WTO is helping Big Tech Corporations to Take Over the World of Work Register at https://ituc-csi-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/4015929010710/WN_UsV2i9AkQa6b… 2nd Jul 2020 at 5 pm IST ===================== IIT Madras Research Park IITM Incubation Cell hosts an event Topic: ASK ANYTHING ON POTENTIALLY APPLYING IDEAS FROM THE US TO YOUR BUSINESS IN INDIA Speaker: MR. JOS SCHEFFELAAR , Co-founder, Launch in US Alliance & Founding Partner, Kendall-Teams (kTeams) Register at https://lnkd.in/gaM5wMq 2nd Jul 2020 at 11.30 am IST ====================== St. Joseph's Institute of Technology, Dept. of ECE hosts a webinar Topic: Cloud Security - Common vulnerabilities and ways to address them Speaker: Mr. Sumanth Rajagopalan, Software Engineer, IBM Corporation, California, US Register at https://forms.gle/hgK5TVJNNmgnfgfM8 4th Jul 2020 at 6 pm IST ==================== CSI Chennai, ACM Chennai and IEEE CS Madras hosts a webinar. Topic: Mastering Digital Writing and Entrepreneurship Speaker: Ms. Nandini Alagar, Business Owner, Talent Canvas PDF invite at https://bit.ly/2AjnD2C Register at https://bit.ly/2AeQGEv 4th Jul 2020 at 3 pm IST =================== St.Joseph's Institute of Technology, Dept. of ECE hosts a webinar Topic: Applications of ML tools for Healthcare Speaker: Dr.B.Surendiran, Associate Dean (Academics), National Institute of Technology (NIT) Puducherry Register at https://tinyurl.com/y9eebhs3 8th Jul 2020 from 6 pm to 8.30 pm IST =============================== IEEE India Council organizes "IEEE - ABET Webinar Topic: Accreditation and Quality of Engineering Education in South Asia Speakers: Dr. Michael K.J. Milligan, Executive Director & CEO, ABET Dr. S.K. Ramesh, Professor, California State University, Director, Engineering Area Delegation, ABET Board of Directors S N Singh, Vice-Chancellor MMM University of Technology Gorakhpur, Chair, IEEE India Council Registration at https://bit.ly/IEEE-ABETWbnr 11th Jul 2020 at 6pm IST ==================== CSI Chennai, ACM Chennai and IEEE CS Madras hosts a webinar. Topic: Social Media Governance in a Connected World Speaker:Dr K Rama Subramaniam, Director & CEO, Valiant Technologies Group Invitation link: https://bit.ly/3cJJaPc Registration at https://bit.ly/2ALy9ji 13 -17 Jul 2020 daily from 4 pm to 6 pm IST ==================================== Five-day online workshop on "eLearning Content Creation" For more details of the workshop and the day wise schedule of the sessions, pl visit https://bit.ly/2Z2CeYO For online registration and payment, pl visit https://in.explara.com/e/workshop-on-elearning-content-creation An electronic participation certificate will be provided to participants of the workshop who attend at least 80% of the live sessions and complete all assignments. To facilitate personal interaction, the number of participants will be limited and the registration will be first come first served basis. For additional details and queries, pl. contact: ieeecsmds(a)gmail.com 15th Jul 2020 at 11 am EDT / 8.30 pm IST ================================== IndustryWeek-hosted webinar, sponsored by VKS Topic: 4 Steps to Accelerate Your Digital Transformation Speaker: Spero Zervos, Customer Success Manager, VKS Register at https://www.industryweek.com/webinars/webinar/21134618/4-steps-to-accelerat… 15 Jul - 9 Sep 2020 (one day every week) ================================= Google Cloud Next ’20: OnAir will spotlight how some of the world's largest companies are leveraging the power of Google Cloud to solve their most complex business and technology challenges. Topics: 15th Jul -- Industry Insights 22nd Jul -- Productivity & Collaboration 29th Jul -- Infrastructure 5th Aug -- Security 12th Aug -- Data Analytics 19th Aug -- Data Management & Databases 26th Aug -- Application Modernization 2nd Sep -- Cloud AI 9th Sep -- Business Application Platform For details & to register pl visit: https://cloud.withgoogle.com/next/sf/apac 18th Jul 2020 at 6 pm IST ===================== CSI Chennai, ACM Chennai & IEEE CS Madras present a webinar Topic: Demystifying AR, VR and MR Speaker: Dr. PK Mishra, CTO, Adapro Consulting PDF invite at https://bit.ly/2Ze7Meh Register at https://bit.ly/3g4SO13 ====== Earlier lists ====== Pl also refer to earlier list of events for some of the events which are included in those list but not repeated in the above current list of 200628 Forthcoming Events -- 200622 at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2020/06/forthcoming-events-200622.html Forthcoming Events -- 200618 at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2020/06/forthcoming-events-200618.html Forthcoming Events -- 200614 at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2020/06/forthcoming-events-200614.html Forthcoming Events -- 200611 at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2020/06/forthcoming-events-200611.html

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Innovative arrangement of book titles
by Francis Jayakanth 27 Jun '20

27 Jun '20

From: Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy <vyasamoorthy(a)gmail.com> Sent: 27 June 2020 07:47 Book titles arranged by a librarian. Read the titles left to right! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m-AWGQsRFOh2p1CyBnx8-N2TKjtRMlTJ/view?usp=… I thought we should appreciate some innovative librarian! Regards, Padmanabha Vyasamoorthy

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National Library, Kolkata has decided to free access their digital collections for readers
by Subhodip Bid 27 Jun '20

27 Jun '20

Dear Professionals, It is great to announce that National Library, Kolkata has decided to open their digital collection which include digitized documents of National Library and electronic resources which is subscribed by National Library to open free access to their readers. For more visit the National Library website. https://nationallibrary.gov.in/ -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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What it’s like to travel through time in National Geographic’s archives
by Mohan Hr 26 Jun '20

26 Jun '20

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/features/inside-national-geograph… Reading this interesting article takes me back to our experience in the photo archives at The Hindu, the efforts of the library, indexing staff and technical staff. 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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Regional languages thesis and dissertation statistics
by Raghavendra pawar 26 Jun '20

26 Jun '20

Respected professionals, We are in need of statistics of each year's output of regional languages thesis and dissertation from entire nation UGC affiliated universities. If anyone has pls share or else help me where I should get. Thank you, Raghavendra R Head of BD DrillBit SoftTech India Pvt Ltd. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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REALM Report
by Ashok Asundi 26 Jun '20

26 Jun '20

Dear All LIS Professionals I get updates from OCLC on my mailbox, and the REALM Report is the second in the series on Reopening Archives Library and Museum Services (from Institute of Museum andLibrary Services - IMLS) have collaborated with OCLS and Battelle, conducting continuous survey and studies. Here is the Second Report of REALM with links to get complete text. See what OCLC is doing on this account? Why we are sedate? Why Libraries are becoming visible there? These are the kinds of advocacy attempts from LIS Professionals there. We have not heard any thing from ILA or INFLIBNET in this regard, excepting that we are embellish more and more on ICT arena. I am reproducing the text of the mail I have received. REALM Project update:Second round of testing begins Test set 2 announced, compilation ofreopening references released Five items have been selected for Round2 of Battelle lab testing to examine the length of time the COVID-19 virus maylive on the surface of these porous materials. Testing began June 23, 2020,using materials provided by Columbus Metropolitan Library, the NationalArchives and Records Administration, and the National Library Service for theBlind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress. The results from test set2 are expected to be released in late July 2020. Also new to the REALM website this weekis compilation of select reopening plans from public libraries that can behelpful reference examples. This section will be updated and expanded toinclude other institutional types as the project progresses. For more information on these and otherproject activities, visit the “Happening Now” project update pageat https://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/realm-happening-now.html.For more on the scope, timeline, and committees involved with #REALMproject,visit https://oc.lc/realm-project. To sign up to receive timely REALMProject updates, visit https://www.oclc.org/content/oclc-forms/en_us/realm-updates.html Prof. A.Y.AsundiProfessor and Chairman (Ret)Dept. Library and Information Science,Officer in Charge, IT Centre,Bangalore University, BangaloreCell: 9980815468

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Announcing T.B. Rajashekar 15th Memorial Webinar-based Online Lecture, 2020 on Monday, 29 June- Reminder
by Shivaram Gowda 25 Jun '20

25 Jun '20

Dear All, Greetings from the NCSI-Net Foundation. I hope you are well, staying safe, and healthy NCSI-Net Foundation cordially invites you and your colleagues to Dr. T.B. Rajashekar 15th Memorial Lecture, 2020 on: "The State of Open Access: Where does it stand and where is it heading?" By Mr. N.V. Sathyanarayana, CMD, Informatics India Limited, Bengaluru and presided by Professor Subbiah Arunachalam Date & Time: Monday, 29th June 2020 at 3.30 p.m. Online registration link: https://bit.ly/TBRlecture Note: Upon registration, you will get the Webinar link. Abstract of the talk: The Open Access (OA) movement has been going through two decades of the most highly debated evolution. Various initiatives by all stakeholders – scholarly community, authors, publishers, libraries, funding agencies, and the Government – involved in the movement have brought in changes in journal publishing today. The number of open access journals outnumbers the subscription journals. Even in total article views, OA has overtaken subscription journals. Currently, 31% of all articles are available as OA and 52% of article views are from OA journals. Yet, all these initiatives and results have been limited in their impact. The movement’s goal post of 100% OA for scholarly communication is still not in sight. On the contrary, libraries and their consortia models continue to spend a significant amount of their budget on their subscriptions besides additional spending by authors on Article Processing Charges (APC). New business models like Plan S are being talked about with no global consensus emerging. The lecture will focus on the critical issues at the heart of the movement such as the institutional repositories (IRs), OA publishing models, copyright conflicts, challenges of finding a sustainable business model and accelerated role of libraries. The speaker proposes to pose and debate on the question – Is there a disruptive OA model in the reckoning? The lecture will also address the Indian scenario and the challenges it poses for Indian scholarly publishing to become an integral part of global OA models. About the speaker: Shri. N V Sathyanarayana is a former librarian, information entrepreneur, and information services and products developer rolled into one. He is the Founder Director of Informatics India Ltd., – a leading Information Products and Services Company, established in 1980. Currently, he is the Chairman and of Informatics. Shri Sathyanaraya started his career as a librarian and worked in institutions such as the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, HMT, Bangalore, and Smith Kline & French, Bangalore for seven years before promoting his brainchild Informatics. He is also associated with several professional/academic bodies connected with the LIS profession and the information industry. To mention a few: Infotex’93; First National Conference on Digital Libraries (in India) in 1996, Bangalore; Infovision 2005, the first International Information Industry Summit, Bangalore. He is the recipient of the Young Information Scientist Award (1991). The Government of Karnataka conferred on him the Best Librarian Award (2006). The lecture will be presided over by: Professor Subbiah Arunachalam, Visiting Professor, DST Centre for Policy Research, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. About Professor Arunachalam: Prof. S. Arunachalam is globally known for his expertise in Scientometrics and their use for assessing the research impact on a wide scale ranging from individuals and departments to institutions and countries. His interests include scientometrics, science policy, information science, public understanding of science, openness in scholarly communication, ICT for Development and rural knowledge centers, and improving information access, both for scientists and for the rural poor. He is one of the earliest in the developing countries to use citation indexes to study developments in science and science policy. He was instrumental in CSIR, DBT and DST adopting Green open access as official policy. We look forward to seeing you at the event. With best regards, -- Shivaram BS ICAST, CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories Govt. of India (Autonomous) HAL Airport Road Kodihalli, Bangalore-560017 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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