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Interesting Reads – 2019-12-01
by Mohan Hr 04 Dec '19

04 Dec '19

*Interesting Reads – 2019-12-01 * Read the Current Interesting Reads Post at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/12/interesting-reads-2019-12-01.html Current IR Quiz at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/12/ir-quiz-2019-12-01.html Taylor & Francis Quiz at http://bit.ly/2LnJjNA Archives of Interesting Reads Posts at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/01/interesting-reads-archives-2019-201… *Articles* - What you need to know about online tracking (and how to stop it) - Create an outstanding digital footprint to attract better offers - The Origin Story of Data Science - How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint at Home - The ultimate guide to preparing for the coding interview - As a PhD Examiner … My Top 25 Tips for PhD students - The most mind-boggling scientific discoveries of 2019 include the first image of a black hole, a giant squid sighting, and an exoplanet with water vapor - Edtech policy is failing globally and needs a ‘critical update’ - A time to fast - Open access: Could defeat be snatched from the jaws of victory? - Psychologists debunk 25 mental-health myths - How to Publish on Amazon - 30 visions for a better world in 2030 - Private equity firm procures .org from the Internet Society, or: How the public interest got sold-out (again) - TED Talks: Talks from inspiring teachers. 12 talks · Total run time 2:54:41 *Events / Announcements* - INDICON-2019. 13-15 Dec 2019 at at Marwadi University, Rajkot, Gujarat - eWIT, ISACA & STPI: Certification Workshop on Cyber Security on 19th Dec at Chennai - IDSCS-2020: International Conference On Data Science For Computational Security during 6-7 Mar 2020 at Lavasa - India Science Festival during 11-12 January 2020 at Pune - CSI-2020: 53rd Annual Convention. 16-18 Jan 2020 at Bhubaneshwar - UDS 2020: 1st International Conference on Urban Data Science. 20-21 Jan 2020 at IIT Madras - IFIP WG8.6 Working Conference during 17-19 Dec 2020 at IIM Trichy *IR-Quiz* Participate in the IR Quiz – 2019-12-01 and win Rs. 250/- worth Amazon Gift Voucher from Dynamic Group. Visit https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/12/ir-quiz-2019-12-01.html *Taylor & Francis Quiz* Participate in the Taylor & Francis Quiz at http://bit.ly/2LnJjNA and win books from T&F. *Access Links* Read the current Interesting Reads Post at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/12/interesting-reads-2019-12-01.html Current IR Quiz at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/12/ir-quiz-2019-12-01.html Taylor & Francis Quiz at http://bit.ly/2LnJjNA Archives of Interesting Reads Posts at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/01/interesting-reads-archives-2019-201… *Feedback* We will be pleased to have your feedback on the “Interesting Reads” posts being sent once in five days. Pl. share the links of any interesting things you come across so that we can include them in these email posts. Also, pl. share the email ids of your colleagues, friends, peers and contacts, if you want them to be included in the google group to get regular posts. Pl. send all your communications to hrmohan.ieee(a)gmail.com With regards HR Mohan

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One-Day National Conference on Transforming Libraries: smart users, smart services, smart resources
by Gopalakrishna-BMSIT 04 Dec '19

04 Dec '19

*Dear Sir/Madam/Friend,* *Greetings from BMSIT&M, Bangalore.* We are pleased to inform you that we are organising One-Day National Conference on Transforming Libraries: Smart Users, Smart Services & Smart Resources on February 7th, 2020. The conference theme & sub-theme, conference brochure, instructions for paper submission, registration, important deadlines and other related details are available here: https://bmsit.ac.in/system/documents/files/000/000/568/original/BMSITLibrar… Authors can submit their full papers through an e-mail attachment to bmsit.lib.conf19(a)gmail.com indicating the sub theme of the paper. Papers will be published in a volume with ISBN. Papers shall not cross 7 pages; follow APA style; subject to plagiarism check. *You can register for the conference online at * https://forms.gle/54bopxFispFHsvzj8 Looking forward to your active participation in the conference. *With Regards,* *Gopalakrishna* *Librarian, B.M.S Institute of Technology,Avalahalli, Doddaballapur Main Road,Yelahanka, Bangalore-64Mob.: 861 853 1385* * 974 189 8674*

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Invitation for PhD Viva - voce- Yesan
by Chief Librarian, SAIACS 04 Dec '19

04 Dec '19

Dear All Professional Colleagues, Friends, and Teachers, Greetings, I am glad to inform you that my PhD public viva-voce is scheduled to be held on December 18, 2019, at 11.30 am, at the Bishop Heber College Library, Tiruchirappalli. I would like to invite you all to attend the viva-voce and take part in the discussion. I have attached the invitation for the same. Thanking you Sincerely ______________________________________ *Yesan Sellan, * *B.Com., MLISc., PGDLAN, BCS., UGC-NET., (PhD Candidate),* *Chief Librarian* South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies (SAIACS) 363 Dodda Gubbi Cross Road, Kothanur P.O., Bangalore 77, India Phone: 91 80 2846 5235/5344/ 5649, Fax: 91 80 28465412, Mobile: 91-9972348251 www.saiacs.org Alternative Email: yesans(a)gmail.com ______________________________________ IMPORTANT : This message is intended only for the addressee. It may contain confidential information. Any unauthorized disclosure is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately so that we may correct our internal records. Please then delete the original message. Thank you. P Please consider the environment before printing this email*.* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Ph.D. Public Viva-Voce
by sirmvit library 04 Dec '19

04 Dec '19

DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY, COIMBATORE – 641046, INDIA Sub: Ph.D. Public Viva-Voce Examination Notification University Conformation Ref. No.: COE/Ph.D/Viva/2019/12319/18.11.2019 Ph.D. public viva-voce examination of Mr. Tallolli Somaraya Basappa, Librarian, Don Bosco Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, Karnataka - 560074 is scheduled on 13-11-2019 at Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. The details of the viva-voce are as below: *Title*: Information Literacy programmes and practices of Engineering college Libraries in Karnataka: A Study Date: December 13, 2019 Time: 10.30 AM Venue: Seminar Hall, Department of Library and Information Science Bharathiar University, Coimbatore – 641 046 *External Examiner* Dr. S. Srinivasaragavan, Professor & Head Dept. of Library & Information Science Bharathidasan University Tirucharappalli-620024 *Research Supervisor* Dr. K R Mulla. Librarian Visvesvaraya Technological University Jnana Sangama Belagavi-590018 *ABSTRACT:* This study has made a modest effort to examine the existing status of Information Literacy programmes and practices are implemented in the Engineering College Libraries of Karnataka under the Bangalore region. The significant findings of the study are identified by data received and the opinion of the working librarians through the survey method. This study centered on eight objectives and six hypotheses. The study has evaluated the status of Information Literacy; ICT infrastructure, information delivery models, content of coverage, IL programme delivery, library staff competency, information literacy assessment and evaluation, problem of organizing information literacy prorgamme and suggested demo model of information literacy. The researcher has used simple averages and some statistical techniques to test and verify the hypotheses. The findings and the results of the study are useful to all libraries in general and engineering college libraries in particular. The Library professionals, faculty members, research scholars, experts’ in the field and other interested people are invited to attend the public viva-voce examination. -- *Thanks & Regards,* Mr. RAVISH P . Y , Librarian, Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology, Bangalore - 562157 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for Participation --1st Intl Conf on Urban Data Science Theme: Smart Cities
by Mohan Hr 04 Dec '19

04 Dec '19

Dear all, Pl. find the call for participation in the First International Conference on Urban Data Science: Theme: Smart Cities being held at IIT Madras during 20-21, Jan 2020. The delegates registration is open at a special Early Bird rate till 320th Dec 2019. There will be an increase in the regn.fee after 20th Dec 2019. As seats are limited, early registration is suggested. With regards HR Mohan OC Team, UDS-2020 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ====================== *Call for Participation* *First International Conference on Urban Data Science Theme: Smart Cities* With increasing urbanization and its related challenges and opportunities, governments all over the world are focusing on Smart Cities. Data will play a big role in the cities of tomorrow. We are pleased to announce the first international conference focused on Urban Data Science and Smart Cities. The conference aims to gather researchers, practitioners, and subject matter experts from academia, industry, and city administration to address a number of research themes arising out of building future smart cities. The conference has a great mix of eminent keynote speakers, research track papers, practitioner track papers and a startup track. We have invited leading industry and academic experts. Some of the confirmed keynote speakers include: · Hari Vasudev, Country Head, Walmart Labs · Mark S. Fox, Associate Director (Research), School of Cities, University of Toronto · Anand Sivasubramaniam, TCS Research · Raghu Krishnapuram, Indian Institute of Science There are 8 research track papers, and a startup showcase by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and IIT Madras Research Park. This event is supported by eminent organizations such as ACM Chennai Chapter, ACM India IEEE Computer Society Madras Chapter, IEEE Smart Cities, IEEE Standards Assn, IEEE TEMS, SETS, CloudMOOL CII and IIT Madras Research Park. For pgm schedule (which gets updated regularly) pl. visit the conference website: http://dos.iitm.ac.in/UDS2020/ The delegate registration is open with Early Bird offer till 20th Dec 2019 at the following rates PLUS applicable taxes and charges. . · Indian Delegates (Members of supporting organisations & authors) : Rs. 2500/- · Indian Delegates (Others): Rs. 3000/- · Indian Delegates (Research Students): Rs. 2000/- · International Delegates (Members of supporting organisations & authors) : USD 150/- · International Delegates (Others): USD 200/- · International Delegates (Research Students) : USD 100/- Pl. note that there will be an increase in the registration fee after 20th Dec 2019. You can register for the conference at https://in.explara.com/e/uds-2020 If you need any clarifications, pl. contact the organising team by email at uds.iit.rit(a)gmail.com or on mobile at +91 9841432179

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Request for Participation in an Online Survey on " Use and Perception of Sci-Hub by Library and Information Science (LIS) Professionals: From an Indian Perspective"
by Vasanth 03 Dec '19

03 Dec '19

Dear Sir/Madam, I have taken up a small survey on “Use and Perception of Sci-Hub by Library and Information Science (LIS) Professionals: From an Indian Perspective” to understand the use of Sci-Hub for downloading pirated research articles from an Indian LIS perspective. Participation in this survey is anonymous. I kindly request all the LIS professionals to participate in this Survey. This survey is very brief and takes five to ten minutes to complete. If you have any questions about the survey please feel free to contact me at: vasanthrz(a)gmail.com. Following Link will lead you to the survey: https://forms.gle/cyyh273CRUcKN6Cx5 Please complete the survey by December 12, 2019. Your assistance in providing invaluable information about this topic is much appreciated. Thank you in anticipation Vasantha Raju N.LibrarianGFGC-TalakadMysore vasanthrz(a)gmail.com

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Need article
by Manjunath K.S. 02 Dec '19

02 Dec '19

Dear colleagues one my faculty member wants this article can you please send this if you have access to it. 1. Climate change and women in South Asia: a review and future policy implications https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/WJSTSD-10-2018-0059/ful…

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Update from International Conference DigiTTAL 2019, NITK Surathkal.
by Dr. Mallikarjun Angadi 01 Dec '19

01 Dec '19

Dear Moderator, Please share the below announcement among the members. *Dear Sir/Madam,* *Greetings from NITK Surathkal, MANGALORE ! * We take this opportunity to thank all the professional friends and colleagues for the *overwhelming response* to paper submission and interest shown to participate in the conference. We have updated the list of ACCEPTED PAPERS on the conference website along with various accommodation options. Eminent speakers from France, USA, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and India will be delivering the keynote addresses and sharing their experience in this mega event. *BEAUTIFUL BEACHES OF SURATHKAL & MANGALORE AWAITS YOUR PARTICIPATION IN* *DigiTTAL 2019* Please visit the conference website at *http://digittal2019.wixsite.com/index <http://digittal2019.wixsite.com/index>* for more information. With best wishes, ____________________________________________ *Dr. Mallikarjun Angadi* *Librarian | Central Library * National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal Srinivasanagar MANAGALORE 575 025 Ph: 0824-247 3061 / 4062 | Cell: 9892907384 e-Mail: mallikarjun(a)nitk.edu.in | URL: http://library.nitk.ac.in Profile: http://mallikarjunangadi.wordpress.com ____________________________________________

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We must promote the use of CORE Discovery browser extension in India
by Subbiah Arunachalam 30 Nov '19

30 Nov '19

> > Friends: > > Please see: > > https://blog.core.ac.uk/2019/11/29/releasing-a-new-core-discovery-browser-e… > > Core is the largest collection of OA papers. Every academic library in > India and every individual researcher should take advantage of it. > > CORE harvests research papers from data providers from all over the world > including institutional and subject repositories, open access and hybrid > journal publishers. > > CORE currently contains *135,539,113* open access articles, from over > tens of thousands of journals, collected from 9,646 data providers around > the world. > *A new CORE Discovery browser extension * > > > > CORE Discovery helps users find freely accessible copies of research > papers that might be behind a paywall on the publisher’s website. It is > backed by our huge dataset of millions of full text open access papers as > well as content from widely used external services beyond CORE. The tool > not only provides state-of-the-art coverage of freely available content, it > is the only discovery service which: > > delivers state-of-the-art performance compared to other discovery > tools in terms of both content coverage (finding a freely available copy > when it is available) and precision (reliably delivering a free copy of the > paper on success); > > is run by researchers for researchers (as opposed to companies); > > has the best grip on content from the global network of open > repositories; > > can deliver to readers other relevant freely available research > papers even in situations where a freely available version is not available > from anywhere on the web. > > To satisfy the needs of CORE users, the world’s largest global aggregator > of open access research papers now helps users access articles of their > interest. Generally, discovery tools can find typically free copies of > papers for about 15%-30% of published documents. This means that in more > than 70% of cases, they don’t bring to the user anything useful. CORE > Discovery can offer the user relevant documents even in situations where > other discovery tools are not successful. What distinguishes CORE Discovery > from other discovery services on the market is that it does not stop when > an open access version is not available, but always aims to offer related > open access articles to the end user. > > This extension is available for Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Opera > users. To find out more about the extension and to install it, go to the > CORE Discovery page. After installing, you will be able to see the padlock > button in your browser. As soon as you navigate to a web page offering a > research article, you will automatically see one of the following three > icons: > > > > grey – when CORE cannot identify an open access version of the article or > similar articles, > > > > orange – when an open access version of the article is not available, CORE > suggests other similar papers to the one the user is looking for or > relevant to the topic, and > > > > green – when an open access version of the article is discovered > > > > Petr Knoth – Founder & Head of CORE, comments: “CORE is uniquely > positioned to deliver this service to the community. This is because CORE > is not only working at the level of article metadata as other services in > this domain, but goes one step further in processing the full text to > validate its availability, correctness and to identify other relevant free > papers in situations when exactly the same article is not available. While > rival discovery systems fail in over 70% of cases by not delivering to the > user anything useful, CORE goes one step further in delivering a useful > service to users in the majority of cases.” > > Via CORE Discovery users can automate the process of finding a free full > text of a paywalled research article with only one-click. CORE Discovery is > a completely free to use tool that can benefit researchers, students and > the general public. Within libraries, the extension can be used as an > alternative or complement to interlibrary loan and save effort and > resources to universities. Additionally, library staff can use it to > analyse and monitor open access availability of papers their users read, > for example, to understand which content it is worth subscribing to. We > encourage libraries to include CORE Discovery in their library guides and > pre-install CORE Discovery on the library’s public computers. Library and > repository systems providers can integrate CORE Discovery using CORE > Discovery API. > Best wishes. > > Arun > http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 > http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009 > > >

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Required Librarian in school
by Archana Darekar 30 Nov '19

30 Nov '19

Good Afternoon All, There is an urgent vacancy for the post of "Librarian" at EuroSchool, Wakad campus. Preference will be given to the experienced candidates with proficiency in English communication & computer skills. Interested candidates request to send their updated CV on swati.chavan(a)es11.euroschoolindia.com. Thanks & Regards, Archana Darekar Librarian -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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