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Presentation on “How to BE a leader in times of uncertainty?” on 14th Nov 2019
by Mohan Hr 07 Nov '19

07 Nov '19

Dear All, Greetings Pl. find the invite for a Presentation on “How to BE a leader in times of uncertainty?” on 14th Nov 2019 at 5.30 p.m. at Anna University, Chennai. The formal PDF invite is at http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/pgms/2019/mm-191114-leader.pdf To facilitate logistics, please pre-register at http://bit.ly/2NpglhH With regards HR Mohan Chairman, ACM India Chennai Chapter Chair - Spl Events & Chair (2006-2015), IEEE Computer Society, Madras INVITE ===== *ACM Chennai Professional Chapter* *IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter* *IEEE Technology Engineering Management Society, Madras Chapter* *IEEE Young Professionals Affinity Group, Madras Chapter* *Cordially invite you for a presentation * *on * * “How to BE a leader in times of uncertainty?” * *by* *Dr. Latha Vijaybaskar* *Leadership Coach & Facilitator, Speaker, Author, Visiting Faculty* https://drlathavijaybaskar.com/ *on Thursday, 14th Nov 2019 at 5.30 p.m.* *at* *Mini Auditorium, 2nd Floor, ECE Dept. Anna University, Guindy, Chennai - 600025* The location map: https://goo.gl/maps/H2Dz7MWHuG7Tu48fA *Programme * *5.30 p.m. : High Tea & Networking :: 6.00 p.m. : Presentation* *About the Presentation*: The presentation will cover the need for a radical new leadership approach in the world of disruptions, post VUCA, AI, changing generations and business landscape. The emphasis here is on the ‘being’ than on the ‘leader’. Leadership, like most soft topics is very common and often we learn ‘about’ leadership. But what does it mean to ‘be’ a leader? The presentation will also explore the speaker’s new model of leadership “MiLeStrokes - Tomorrow's Leadership, the millennial way” for the millennial generation. This presentation has been scripted in a lively manner to bring the idea of leadership with Vikram Vetaal stories and will leave the audience thinking about their roles as leaders and team members. . *About the Speaker*: Dr. Latha Vijaybaskar helps build millennials and managers of millennials in the workplace to be game-changers and leaders. A leadership coach, facilitator, visiting faculty, speaker and best selling author she works at the intersection between leadership and organizational communication. Through her keynotes, coaching, workshops and writing, she reaches out to individuals and teams to increase their inspirational capacity, team engagement and productivity. She coaches on team effectiveness, leadership and individuals in career transitions. With 150+ hours of one on one coaching, Latha is a Certified Leadership Coach and Certified Executive Coach from Certified Coaches Alliance, USA. Dr. Latha has worked with multiple businesses in leveraging their millennial workforce to be strength rather than a problem to be solved. With over 16+ years in teaching, training, and developing millennials as a faculty in business schools in India and Dubai, she knows the millennial generation completely. In fact she calls herself a retired teenager. MiLeStrokes, A Millennial Leadership model is the result of 4 years of her work. Based on the three distinguishing spheres of conversations, collaboration and celerity moving the needle of success from milestones to MiLeStrokes. Latha has been working with how leadership can be a natural self-expression of all from multiple angles As a facilitator, As a certified leadership coach, As an academician and As a researcher. Her recent book 21 Difficult Conversations - Tools to navigate your most important talk and master exactly what to say is both a bestseller and is used as a reference book in MBA colleges. Academically Latha’s doctoral degree is on employee engagement. She has three masters degrees, one in Psychology, one in management and an M.Phil. but first – she is a bookworm. More at https://drlathavijaybaskar.com/ *To facilitate logistics, please pre-register at http://bit.ly/2NpglhH <http://bit.ly/2NpglhH>*

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Call for Papers - DigiTTAL 2019- Date Extended for Paper Submission - Regards.
by Dr. Mallikarjun Angadi 06 Nov '19

06 Nov '19

*Dear Sir/Madam/Friend,* *Greetings from NITK Surathkal, MANGALORE ! * As we have received many requests from the prospective authors, the last date for submission paper is extended to *November 10, 2019.* It gives us immense pleasure to inform you that National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, one of the top-ranked technical institutes in the country is celebrating it's *Diamond Jubilee Year (1960-2020).* As part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, the Central Library, NITK Surathkal is organizing an *International Conference on Digital Technologies and Transformation in Academic Libraries (DigiTTAL 2019)* during *December 26-28, 2019.* The conference theme & sub-theme, conference brochure, instructions for paper submission, registration, important deadlines and other related details are given on the conference website at *http://digittal2019.wixsite.com/index <http://digittal2019.wixsite.com/index>* Authors can submit their full papers through an e-mail attachment to digittal2019(a)nitk.edu.in indicating the sub-theme the paper belongs to. The format and the references of the paper should be as per the DigiTTAL-2019 Paper Template available on the conference website at http://digittal2019.wixsite.com/index NEW DATES FOR PAPER SUBMISSION: Last date for submission of full papers : *October 31, 2019 November 10, 2019* Notification of Acceptance : *November 15, 2019 November 20, 2019* Last date for Registration : *December 20, 2019* *You can register for the conference online at https://forms.gle/xvLetnqYt5Hc6gmLA <https://forms.gle/xvLetnqYt5Hc6gmLA>* Look forward to your active participation in the conference. 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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K G Sudhier- Vacancy of Project Assistant under DST-NSTMIS Scheme-DLIS, CUTN
by Sudhier K G Pillai 06 Nov '19

06 Nov '19

Applications are invited from eligible candidates for the position of Project Assistant (One Position) at the Department of Library & information Science, School of Communication, Central University of Tamil Nadu for a research project funded under DST-NSTMIS. *Project Title*: *Mapping of Bioinformatics Research in India: A Scientometric profile of research output during 1999-2018*. *Post:* Project Assistant - 01 *Emoluments:* Rs. 22,000/- per month (*consolidated*) *Age*: Not more than 30 years as on the date of interview which is relaxable up to 5 years in case of statutory groups and women. *The Essential Qualification*: Candidates should be a Master Degree in Library & Information Science securing minimum 55% marks or equivalent CGPA. *Desirable Qualifications*: Candidates having good command in English language and experience in computation/data analysis using scientometric tools, SPSS and R. Those with additional qualifications and work experience will be given preference. Candidates fulfilling the above essential qualifications are requested to send their CV along with covering letter and self-attested documents (with contact details) to the under signed within 15 days from the date of publication of this advertisement. The shortlisting of the candidate will be done on the basis of the project requirements and interview of the shortlisted candidates will be conducted in the Dept. of Library & Information Science, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Neelakudi Campus, Tiruvarur, Tamil Nadu. Dr. K. G. Sudhier Principal Investigator, DST-NSTMIS Project Dept. of Library & Information Science Central University of Tamil Nadu, Neelakudi Campus Kangalancherry Post, Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu- 610 005 kgsudhier(a)cutn.ac.in <kgsudhier(a)gmail.com> Mob. 9446484561 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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NATIONAL SEMINAR
by Dr.vedamurthyyn＠gmail.com 06 Nov '19

06 Nov '19

Dear Sir / Madam, Greetings from *SESHADRIPURAM EVENING DEGREE COLLEGE SESHADRIPURAM BANGALORE-560020* THEMES:-* THE FUTURE OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIES: TECHNOLOGY, USERS & SERVICES . * 1. Dr. Ramesha H.O.D Dept. of Library & Information Science Bangalore University. Topic: - Transformation* Libraries Using SMAC Technologies.* 2. M.S.Sridhar, Retired ISRO Centre. Topic:- *User Behavior in Digital Domino* 3. ANAND BYRAPPA, HEAD OFFICE OF DATA & JRD TATA MEMORIAL LIBRARY Topic:- *innovating information services in academic library a case study of Indian Institute of Science. * Date on 09/11/2019 *Please find the attachment for **Brochure* Regards,, Dr.Vedamurthy.Y.N MLISc,MSW,DHISc,Ph.D,K-SLET Librarian Ramaiah Institute of Management Studies/Sciences New Bel Road ,MSRIT Post M.S.R.Nagar Bangalore-54 9880400501

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Reminder: Webinar on "Restoring Library Spaces: Experience of an Academic Library in India" on 14th Nov 2019 at 07:30 PM - Reg.
by Sourav Debnath 05 Nov '19

05 Nov '19

Dear All, 8 days to go for the next ASIS&T webinar! ASIS&T South Asia Chapter is hosting a webinar on 14 Nov 2019 at 07:30 PM- 08:30 PM on "Restoring Library Spaces: Experience of an Academic Library in India <https://www.asist.org/meetings-events/webinars/restoring-library-spaces-exp…>". Librarian of IIM Ahmedabad, Dr. H. Anilkumar will share his experience, in terms of the objectives, planning, coordinating, monitoring and implementation of the restoration of the Vikram Sarabhai Library (VSL) building started in 2014 and ended in 2018. The registration link and details are available in: https://www.asist.org/meetings-events/webinars/restoring-library-spaces-exp… Non-members of ASIS&T might have found that USD25 is too much for a webinar, but if you become a member of ASIS&T paying that amount you will be eligible to be a part of Local Chapter, Special Interest Group(SIG) member besides the participation in every webinar hosted by ASIS&T for a full year. Link to ASIS&T membership: https://www.asist.org/membership/categories-and-benefits-of-membership/ -- With regards, Sourav Debnath Assistant Librarian National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli India - 620015 https://www.nitt.edu/

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2019 Conference - Submit your paper and be a part of the national conference, ACTREC, Mumbai.
by Santosh Biradar 04 Nov '19

04 Nov '19

Dear Professional, It gives us immense pleasure to inform you that 'Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education Cancer' (ACTREC) in association with Institute of Scientometrics (IoS) is organizing 'National Conference on Scholarly Communication and Scientometrics' (IoS 2019) ( https://ios2019.wixsite.com/conference) November 2019 at ACTREC, Navi Mumbai. The theme of the conference is focusing on the landscape of scholarly communication, which has undergone tremendous change over the last two decades adding more dimensions and complexion to it. It has thrown a great challenge for library and information science professionals to manage dynamic online resources. Similarly, it is equally critical for policymakers to evaluate the research contributions contributed by researchers in peer-reviewed journals and various other sources using metrics and trending tools. In the past, IoS has organized seven conferences in a series from 2012, which were proved to be great contributions to the knowledge of metrics and sharing new ideas on various quality indicators to measure science. It is the 8th conference under this series, we wish to continue this trend by way of contributing newer ideas to the landscape of research metrics and scholarly communication. IoS 2019 is expected to bring a galaxy of speakers from Subject Experts, Researchers, Academicians, Library and Information Science professionals, Students, Policy Makers and other administrators who are engaged in measuring the quality of science. The conference will have: Plenary talks, Keynote Presentations, Thematic Events, Collaborative Learning, and Networking IoS 2019 invites papers focusing on the theme of the conference. Key Thematic Areas includes (but not limited to) · Scholarly Communication and Impact Analysis · Open Access and Scholarly Publishing Models · eLearning, MOOCs, and Digital Repositories · Scientometrics 2.0 · Social networking and Altmetrics · New Metrics & Scholarly Impact · Future of Communication and Metric Tools · Librarianship and Research Impact Analysis · Research Evaluation Tools · Bibliometric Laws · Big Data & Social Networks · Digital Libraries and Open Access Dates to remember 30th September 2019 – Submission of full papers 8th October 2019 - Notification of acceptance with comments 15th October 2019 - Submission of final paper incorporating comments 21st October 2019 - Registration deadline for authors Conference Dates: 22-23 November 2019 Submit your final papers at < https://ios2019.wixsite.com/conference/paper-submission> For more information on IoS 2019 please visit < https://ios2019.wixsite.com/conference > I thank you and look forward to your participation in IoS 2019. With warm regards, Satish Munnolli ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------- Organizing Secretary - IoS 2019 Librarian & Officer-In-Charge, SCoPE Cell Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), Sector 22, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410210 India

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Workshop on Library Automation with Koha, 16- 17 December 2019
by KRUPANIDHI LIBRARY 04 Nov '19

04 Nov '19

*Krupanidhi Degree College,* Chikka Bellandur, off Sarjapur Road, Bangalore – 560 035 Delighted to announce the 2 days National Workshop on Library Automation with KOHA to be held at Krupanidhi Degree College, Bangalore during December 16-17, 2019 The purpose of this workshop is to equip participants with technical skills for automating their own libraries. This workshop is exclusively designed to provide hands-on experience to the Library and Information professionals for library automation using KOHA. The workshop comprises of demonstration and hands-on training using Koha software in detail. *Workshop Content:* Installation of KOHA, Data Migration (Excel to Koha), Modules of Koha, Customization Each participant will be provided with a dedicated machine. Number of participants is limited to 30 only. Registration fees: Rs.1000/- (includes lunch & high tea) Accommodation – Rs. 500/- per day The participants will be selected on a first-come first-served basis. Last Date of Registration – November 30, 2019 <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ItrgWNDAkqxGmCn_pHuvjaI3D52hYkuI/view?usp=…> Click Here to Download the Workshop Brochure <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ItrgWNDAkqxGmCn_pHuvjaI3D52hYkuI/view?usp=…> For Registration and more details on the Workshop Contact Mr. Manju Channappa Librarian Krupanidhi Degree College E-Mail: kgilibrary(a)gmail.com Mob: 9036678301

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Interesting Reads – 2019-11-01
by Mohan Hr 01 Nov '19

01 Nov '19

*Interesting Reads – 2019-11-01 * Read the Current Interesting Reads Post at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/11/interesting-reads-2019-11-01.html Current IR Quiz at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/11/ir-quiz-2019-11-01.html Archives of Interesting Reads Posts at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/01/interesting-reads-archives-2019-201… *Articles* - These 10 platforms are helping small and medium businesses get easy finance with minimum documentation - DevOps for Beginners: Resources to Start Your DevOps Journey - The Relic Reading List: 15 Essential Books to Upgrade Your Career—and Your Life! - Secrets you should have learned before your first programming job - The eight essentials of innovation - 10 Online Tools for Better Attention & Focus - Hands-On with Google's Quantum Computer - Inside blockchain and its various applications - I toured New York City's largest wastewater-treatment plant, which collects poop from 1 million people. It was stunning. - 5G For Business - Why you should worry if you have a Chinese smartphone - 7 Bio-Inspired Robots that Mimic Nature - 8 technologies that an organization can adopt to help address its cybersecurity challenges - Can We Make E-Waste Go Away? - Talks that prove you already live in the future *Events / Announcements* - SPIN Chennai: Session on Corporate Governance + Digital = unleashing Value on 9th Nov 2019 - QCI, NCQP & Consultants Consortium of Chennai: Event on 'Risk Management in Businesses' on 16th Nov 2019 at Chennai - SETS Certificate course on Advanced Cyber Security (SCACS) from 11th Nov 2019 to 6th Dec 2019 at Chennai - XXXV IATLIS National Conference on Restructuring of Library and Information Science Education in the Internet Era. 19-20 Dec 2019 at Pondicherry - Short-term Data Justice Fellowships at Cardiff University, UK. - INDICON-2019. 13-15 Dec 2019 at at Marwadi University, Rajkot, Gujarat - 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 *IR-Quiz* Participate in the IR Quiz – 2019-11-01 and win Rs. 250/- worth Amazon Gift Voucher from Dynamic Group. Visit https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/11/ir-quiz-2019-11-01.html *Access Links* Read the current Interesting Reads Post at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/11/interesting-reads-2019-11-01.html Current IR Quiz at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/11/ir-quiz-2019-11-01.html 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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High quality OER for all biology teachers
by Subbiah Arunachalam 31 Oct '19

31 Oct '19

Please see http://www.laskerfoundation.org/new-noteworthy/articles/reinventing-introdu… Spread the word among all college and university biology teachers. Subbiah Arunachalam http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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EIFL
by Subbiah Arunachalam 31 Oct '19

31 Oct '19

EIFL is 20 years old in the same year as Andrew Carnegie's centenary. The organization has done remarkably well. See https://www.eifl.net/blogs/looking-back-20-years-eifl?utm_source=feedburner… Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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