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Mahatma Gandhi and sustainable science
by Raghavendra pawar 11 Oct '19

11 Oct '19

Nicely written editorial about Gandhiji respect to his early adoption of new technologies in latest Nature. Mahatma Gandhi and sustainable science <https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03010-8?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20191010…> Thank you, Raghavendra R

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Wiley Library Awards 2019 - Nominations open
by Pabby, Mohit 10 Oct '19

10 Oct '19

Dear Members, Libraries drive lifelong learning, disseminate new information and even foster the growth of key research advancement for the greater good of society. Wiley recognizes these important contributions of libraries and librarians. We have therefore proudly established the Wiley Library Awards to celebrate and honor distinguished individuals and institutions of library information sciences in India. We are pleased to invite you to send in your nominations for the Wiley Library Awards 2019. Wiley Library Awards 2019 will be awarding the following categories: * Digitally Transformed Academic Library - Government * Digitally Transformed Academic Library - Non-Government * Aspiring Young Academic Library- Government * Aspiring Young Academic Library - Non-Government * Digitally Transformed Research Library * Innovative Woman Leader - Library Apply Now - www.wileylibraryawards.com<http://www.wileylibraryawards.com> Don't miss the opportunity, 2019 nominations are open from 3 October to 31 October 2019. Complete information about the awards is available on http://www.wileylibraryawards.com/ Please feel free to contact us at mpabby(a)wiley.com for any queries. Regards, The Wiley India Team

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First Call for papers for 35th IATLIS National Conference, 19-20 December 2019 at Pondicherry University, Puducherry.
by Harinder Pal Singh Kalra 10 Oct '19

10 Oct '19

First Call for Papers XXXV National Conference of the Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS) 19-20 December 2019 to be held at Pondicherry University, Puducherry. Theme of the 2019 Conference: Restructuring of Library and Information Science Education in the Internet Era. Suggested sub-themes include, but are not limited to: · Changing information landscape and LIS education. · Media and information literacy including data literacy · Open movement including open access, open data and open educational resources etc. · ICT advances and need for relevant competencies · Human resource development for mobile-learning, big data, open data, and big open linked data · LIS education, and changing employment and workplace scenario · Preparedness of LIS Departments/Schools for changing environment · ODL for inclusion and quality manpower development · Human values, ethics and aesthetics of LIS education and practice · Role of government bodies including the UGC for regulating and supporting LIS education · LIS education and the Sustainable Development Goals · LIS literature, research and training Papers are invited by 18 November 2019 on the above theme and its sub-themes. These sub-themes are indicative, and papers on other sub-themes related to the conference themes are also welcome. Kindly send your papers in APA style at iatlis2019(a)gmail.com For further details contact: Dr. Jagtar Singh Director (Collaborations and Partnerships) IATLIS and Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science & Professor In-Charge, Punjabi University Library, Patiala 147002 (Punjab) Tel: 0175-304-6152 and 6153 Email: jagtardeep(a)gmail.com Dr. H.P.S. Kalra General Secretary, IATLIS and Professor and Head, Department of Library and Information Science Punjabi University, Patiala 147002 (Punjab) Tel: 0175-304-6179 and 6180 Email: hpskalra8(a)gmail.com

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A Panel Discussion on The Contemporary Relevance of Gandhian Economics
by madhan muthu 09 Oct '19

09 Oct '19

*Azim Premji University Colloquium Series * A Panel Discussion on The Contemporary Relevance of Gandhian Economics Panelists: Venu Madhav Govindu, Faculty, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru Rajni Bakshi, Journalist and Author, Mumbai Amit Basole, Faculty, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru Reshmi Mitra (Moderator), Knowledge Resource Centre, Azim Premji Foundation, Bengaluru Date: October 11, 2019 (Friday) Time: 2.00 to 4.00 pm Venue: Seminar Hall, 10 th Floor, Pixel A (Azim Premji University) Watch the live broadcast of the talk by clicking http://lectures.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in About the Panel Discussion Title: J C Kumarappa and the Development of Gandhian Economics Panelist: Venu Madhav Govindu Throughout his life, Gandhi devoted significant attention to both politics as well as social transformation through constructive work. With his deep commitment to freedom and justice in their multiple senses, it is natural that the economic question was an important part of Gandhi's philosophical understanding and social interventions. The Gandhian approach to economics and political economy was significantly developed by Gandhi's associate, the economic philosopher, ecological thinker and constructive worker J. C. Kumarappa (1892-1960). An advocate of economic decentralisation and a champion of the agrarian economy, Kumarappa critically analysed modern economics and its assumptions as well as implications. In the process, he provided an extensive examination of the implications of modern economic thought on our individual, social and environmental lives. In this talk, the panelist will sketch out Kumarappa's philosophical understanding and his views on economics, social reconstruction and environmentalism. While much of Kumarappa's thought has contemporary relevance, he will locate the development of Kumarappa's understanding in its historical context. Title: In Search of the Priceless Panelist: Rajni Bakshi M K Gandhi was prescient in anticipating that one earth would not suffice if the entire human race tried to live like the modern west. Now, as ecological collapse becomes more imminentglobal agencies are urging people to 'consume with care' and scrambling to put a monetary value on eco-systems so that there is a 'market incentive' to save them. Why do these efforts look futile? Is it perhaps more important to decide what is priceless and how it can be saved? Title: Gandhi for the Information Age Panelist: Amit Basole Terms such as information revolution, knowledge age, cognitive capitalism, and post-truth have become commonplace today. They point to a deep churning in the world of knowledge. Certainties of the 20th century are giving way to profound uncertainties. Everywhere in the world, including in the "mature democracies" of Europe and America there is a rise of "populism", long thought to be a feature of developing, "immature" polities. At the same time, the concentration of finance capital has never been stronger and economic policy continues to be the domain of experts. Livelihoods everywhere depend on a global economy whose rules are opaque and secret. "Anti-intellectualism", a rejection of experts and valorisation of the "popular" have been successfully hitched to a majoritarian, exclusive, and violent agenda that is comfortable with unprecedented economic inequality. Under such circumstances, can Gandhi’s experiments with a lokavidya based polity and economy show a way forward? About the Panelists Venu Madhav Govindu Venu Madhav Govindu is a faculty at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. He is a computer vision researcher with a primary interest in geometry. Inter alia he has introduced and developed the group-theoretic approach of motion averaging. He has a personal interest in the history and political economy of modern India, specifically centred around the life and work of Mahatma Gandhi. He has co-authored, The Web of Freedom: J. C. Kumarappa and the Struggle for Economic Justice. Rajni Bakshi Rajni Bakshi is a Mumbai-based freelance journalist and author. She writes about social and political movements in contemporary India. She was formerly the Gandhi Peace Fellow at Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations. Her journalism has appeared in many English and Hindi newspapers and magazines. She is the author of “ Bazaars, Conversations and Freedom”(2009) which won two Vodafone Crossword Book Awards, one in the "Non Fiction" category, and one in the "Popular Award" category. Her other writings include “The Long Haul: The Bombay Textile Workers Strike of 1982-83” (1986; Great Bombay Textile Strike), “ The Dispute Over Swami Vivekananda's Legacy” (1993; Swami Vivekananda), “ Bapu Kuti: Journeys in Rediscovery of Gandhi” (1998), “ Let’s Make it Happen: Alternative Economics” (2003) and An Economics for Well-Being (2003) Amit Basole Amit Basole is a faculty of Economics at the School of Arts and Sciences, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru, where he also heads the Centre for Sustainable Employment. He has taught earlier at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. His principal fields of concentration are Poverty and Inequality, Informality, Employment, Structural Change, and Political Economy of Knowledge. He works primarily on the Indian economy. -- Madhan, M -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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RDMLA | Research Data Management Librarian Academy: Exploring the need for research data management training for librarians
by madhan muthu 09 Oct '19

09 Oct '19

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Interesting Reads – 2019-10-08
by Mohan Hr 09 Oct '19

09 Oct '19

*Interesting Reads – 2019-10-08 * Read the Current Interesting Reads Post at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/10/interesting-reads-2019-10-08.html Current IR Quiz at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/10/ir-quiz-2019-10-08.html Archives of Interesting Reads Posts at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/01/interesting-reads-archives-2019-201… *Articles* - 100+ Coding Interview Questions for Programmers - What is malware? Everything you need to know about viruses, trojans and malicious software - 6 Options for Financing Your Startup - Inside the Raspberry Pi: The story of the $35 computer that changed the world - The Titanic is slowly but surely disappearing - here's what the wreck looks like now - Cannabis For … Everything? 23 Industries Seizing The $32B Market Opportunity - Daan Utsav: The Power Of Collective Kindness – Cognizant Outreach - Has Edtech Failed To Revolutionise India's Traditional Education System? - Mastering the duality of digital: How digitized incumbents withstand disruption - 18 Best Free Movie Websites - How to Find Gravesite Records Online - How to Mine the Invisible Web: The Ultimate Guide - Artificial Intelligence Technology: Top 18 Technologies Used in AI - 10 Things that Change your Brain - 10 Buildings That Demonstrate Environmental Architecture Is Possible *Events / Announcements* - Symposium cum Technical Meet on ICT Trends on 15th Oct 2019 - IITM, ACM & IEEE CS: ASSISTECH: Assistive Technology Solutions for Mobility & Education of Visually Impaired - TENCON-2019: 17-20 Oct 2019 at Kochi - SETS Certificate course on Advanced Cyber Security (SCACS) 11th Nov -6 th Dec at Chennai - Bebras India Computational Thinking Challenge 2019 - INDICON-2019. 13-15 Dec 2019 at at Marwadi University, Rajkot, Gujarat - India Science Fest at IISER, Pune on Jan 12-13, 2020 - 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 – 2019-10-08 and win Rs. 250/- worth Amazon Gift Voucher from Dynamic Group. Visit https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/10/ir-quiz-2019-10-08.html *Access Links* Read the current Interesting Reads Post at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/10/interesting-reads-2019-10-08.htm <https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/10/interesting-reads-2019-10-08.html>l Current IR Quiz at https://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2019/10/ir-quiz-2019-10-08.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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FINAL REMINDER of IOS 2019 - Scholarly Communication and Scientometrics, 22-23 November 2019 at ACTREC, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai
by Satish Munnolli 09 Oct '19

09 Oct '19

FINAL REMINDER TO AUTHORS 10th October 2019 (Thursday) is the last day for full-text paper submission -------------------------------------------------------------------- In view of high requests from authors for the extension of paper submission date, the paper submission deadline has been extended till 10th October 2019 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Professional, It gives us immense pleasure to inform you that 'Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education Cancer' (ACTREC) in association with the Institute of Scientometrics (IoS) is organizing 'National Conference on Scholarly Communication and Scientometrics' (IoS 2019) ( https://ios2019.wixsite.com/conference) during 22-23 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 contributors 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 include (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 10 October 2019 ? Submission of full papers 8th October 2019 15 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 Ph: 022 2740 5026/5052; Fax: 022 27405085; Email: ios2019actrec(a)gmail.com; smunnolli(a)actrec.gov.in

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An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: National Libraries Week of the UK
by Subbiah Arunachalam 09 Oct '19

09 Oct '19

Friends: October 7-12 is celebrated as the National Libraries Week in the UK and a CILIP Trustee tells us here about its significance. It might be useful for us in India. Please see: http://awfullybigblogadventure.blogspot.com/2019/09/get-ready-for-national-… Arun

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Why are Asian academic regulatory bodies wary of blogging?
by Santosh C. Hulagabali 08 Oct '19

08 Oct '19

Dear all, Happy Dasara to one and all. My following article posted on LSE blog may of interest to you. *Why are Asian academic regulatory bodies wary of blogging?* https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2019/10/08/why-are-asian-aca… I welcome your comments. Best regards, -- *Santosh C. Hulagabali <https://santoshch.weebly.com/>PhD* Librarian Nagindas Khandwala College* (Autonomous) Malad (W), Mumbai-400 064, India Tel: +91-22-2808 5424, Extn.No.335/336, Fax: 2865 0461 http://nkc.ac.in/ <http://www.nkc.ac.in/> **Affiliated to University of Mumbai | **Reaccredited 'A' Grade by NAAC | ISO 9001:2015* .................................................................................................................................... DISCLAIMER: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) & may contain confidential & privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail & discard all copies of the original message.

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Fw: IATUL2020 | 12-16 July | Porto, Portugal : Call for Papers
by Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar 08 Oct '19

08 Oct '19

[Sorry for cross posting. Please forward the message to relevant colleagues.] From: iatul-official <iatul-official-bounces(a)lists.lrz.de> On Behalf Of BIBDIR IATUL [TUZEBIB] Sent: Friday, October 4, 2019 6:45 PMTo: iatul-official(a)lists.lrz.de Subject: IATUL2020 | 12-16 July | Porto, Portugal : Call for Papers [Sorry for cross posting. Please forward the message to relevant colleagues.] The International Association of University Libraries (IATUL) invites proposals for papers and posters for the 41st Annual IATUL Conference in Porto, Portugal (12-16 July 2020). IATUL offers an influential and inclusive community of university library directors from around the world. The Annual Conference is a unique opportunity to share views and develop new collaborations. Papers are invited on the following theme: Bridging Universities and Society: Libraries as Connectors The emergence of movements such as Open Science, Open Innovation, and Citizen Science highlights how society benefits when institutions of higher education expand access to research and teaching. Ongoing engagement and collaboration between universities and communities are essential components of these open initiatives. Academic libraries worldwide are playing vital roles facilitating these initiatives through the development of new and innovative services and infrastructure. Proposals should consider: - Expanding information and digital literacies - Library spaces and services advancing innovation and engagement - Partnerships with communities, local and global - Library strategies and actions supporting open science and collaboration - Open Science: communicating and measuring impact beyond the university - Workforce development in open science practices (repositories, presses, RDM, and more). Proposals should reflect international perspectives and provide insight into regional issues, with the aim of engaging attendees in networking and relationship/capacity building. A written paper will be required for the conference proceedings; however, a range of presentation formats are possible. Poster presentations are also invited. The Call for Papers is open NOW! The deadline for proposals/abstracts is January 15th, 2020. More information and submission process is available at https://iatul2020.fe.up.pt/index.html#submissions Kind regards, Luís Miguel Costa Faculdade de Engenharia UP SDI: Biblioteca - Sala C009 Rua Dr. Roberto Frias 4200-465 PORTO PORTUGAL http://biblioteca.fe.up.pt lmcosta(a)fe.up.pt tel: +351 22041 3808

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