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Gopakumar V interviews Lance Werner, President candidate (2020-21) of American Library Association (ALA)
by Santosh C. Hulagabali 30 Mar '19

30 Mar '19

Dear all, Dr Gopakumar V interviewed yet another expert for Open Interview <https://openinterview.org/>. He interviewed Mr Lance Werner <http://lancewerner.com>, a President candidate (2020-21) of American Library Association <http://www.ala.org/> (ALA). Presently, Mr Werner is serving as Director of Kent District Library, U.S.A. and has successfully fought for libraries for almost two decades on a local and state level. Now he is eager to be a mentor and champion for library systems nationwide. The objective of this interview was twofold. First, to understand Mr Werner's vision for the ALA as its President candidate. Second, to know his views and ideas on varied issues and challenges concerned with the public libraries and library associations. Please visit the below link to access the entire interview transcript and share your comments: "Library associations need leaders with vision and the ability to inspire others effectively": Lance Werner https://openinterview.org/2019/03/30/lance-werner-library-associations-need… You may also download the interview document attached herewith. Best regards, -- *Santosh C. Hulagabali <https://santoshch.weebly.com/>PhD* Moderator, Open Interview <https://openinterview.org/> 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/> | https://coist.weebly.com/ **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. -- 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 and Presentation in the National Seminar on April 12, 2019 at IGNCA, New Delhi
by Raj K Bhardwaj 29 Mar '19

29 Mar '19

Call for Participation and Presentation in the National Seminar Jointly organized by Indira Gandhi National Centre for the arts and Asian Library Association “Role of Libraries in Socio, Cultural & Economic Development: An Emerging Perspective” on Friday, 12th April 2019 at Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts Venue: Auditorium, C.V. Mess Building, Janpath, New Delhi- 110001 (Near Shastri Bhavan) For seminar theme, schedule & Registration, please download the brochure from here SEMINAR BROCHURE <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cCpgEeqkUIudmDEj3eZyxpgza95NoHtL/view?fbcl…> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Migration of data to Koha during workshop at NIT Rourkela
by vinod mishra 28 Mar '19

28 Mar '19

Dear All, As you may be aware that we are conducting a conference cum workshop ( https://elpesnitr.wordpress.com/ ) at NIT Rourkela during 20-24 May 2019. We are trying to extend a lot of help during the entire event so that participants can be empowered with a lot of skills and use the tools and technology in their libraries just after attending the event. Therefore we will be helping the user for converting their excel or other data in Koha compatible format and set up the entire koha as per their library requirements in such a way that it can be immediately used in their libraries without any issues i.e. we will make koha ready to use in the libraries as per requirements. Hope many will try to avail this opportunity. Please contact us if you have any such data in advance. With Regards, Vinod Kumar Mishra, Assistant Librarian, Biju Patnaik Central Library (BPCL), NIT Rourkela, Sundergadh-769008, Odisha, India. Mob:91+9439420860 Website: http://mishravk.com/ ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4666-7874 *"Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul" -- Mahatma Gandhi*

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Fw: Invitation to attend NDLI Club - Telangana State Workshop
by Elan Ramesh 28 Mar '19

28 Mar '19

Dear Sir/ Madam, Greetings from National Digital Library of India (NDLI)! NDLI is an initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. This programme is being hosted and implemented by IIT Kharagpur. NDLI is a virtual repository of learning resources with a single-window search facility. Currently, the platform consists of over 2.5 Crore knowledge resources catering to various target audience. In order to create awareness among the students, faculty members and to promote the culture of reading, we are encouraging educational institutions to start NDLI Club in their institution. We are pleased to inform you that the NDLI Club - Telangana State Workshop is being organized on 23rd April, 2019 in collaboration with the Indira Gandhi Memorial Library, University of Hyderabad. The workshop details are as follows: Venue: Conference Hall, University of Hyderabad, Gachibowli, Hyderabad Date: 23rd April, 2019 (Tuesday) Time: 09:30am to 04:30pm Registration Fee: Nil Registration URL: https://forms.gle/RiH8vqBHxp5Yndzx7 In this regard, we humbly request you to nominate three (3) representatives from your esteemed institution (preferably 1 Librarian/ Nodal Persons of NDL, 1 Faculty Member and 1 NSS Coordinator). This workshop is a learning & action oriented and requires the participants to start NDLI Club in your esteemed institution on their return. Hence, we request you to nominate relevant and dynamic participants. NDLI will provide lunch, refreshments, and certificate of participation during the event. Kindly request the participants to register here: https://forms.gle/RiH8vqBHxp5Yndzx7. There are only 100 seats allotted for this workshop on first come and first serve basis. Hence, you are requested to register on or before 18th April, 2019 For more information, you may contact, Dr. N Varatha Rajan, University Librarian, University of Hyderabad (Cced here - Tel: 040-23132600) and Mr. Rajendra Singh, NDLI (Cced here - Mob: 8197564857) Looking forward to meet your team at the event and thanking you in advance. Thanks and regardsVignesh--Vignesh Sornamohan, Ph.D.Cheif Strategic and Outreach OfficerNational Digital Library of India IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West BengalWebsite: https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/e-Mail: vignesh(a)ndl.gov.inMobile: +91-9999654458 -- With warm Regards E.RameshM.A.,M.L.I.Sc.,M.Phil.,P.G.D.L.A.N.,MISTE.,(Ph.D) LibrarianHyderabad Institute of Technology and Management(HITAM),Gowdavelli(V), Medchal (M), Hyderabad, RR Dt, Telangana-501401.www.hitam.org | Accredited by NAAC, India. ||HITAM is the First Green Campus in India to be awarded a Silver Rating||

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Re: [LIS-Forum] Can somebody help me with GST rules for Subscription to E-journals databases
by Archu Sahu 27 Mar '19

27 Mar '19

Archana Sahu Asst. Librarian National Law University Odisha On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 5:46 PM Archu Sahu <sahu.archu82(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Sir, > > Please go through the below site, where you can find the applicable GST > rates on different services. > https://cbec-gst.gov.in/gst-goods-services-rates.html > > Please select services tab, and in the "Description of services" search > box, give your requisite keyword, e.g. ebooks/online educational journals, > you will get the information. If you download services rate book late, you > will find at page no. 4, sl. no. 10 that "exemption shall not apply to – > online information and database access or retrieval services received by > persons specified in entry", which means that for databases GST is > applicable. > > The government exempted the GST on the supply of online educational > journals or periodicals to educational institutions who provide degree > recognized by any law (vide Govt Gazette of India – Extraordinary Part II > Section 3 Sub Section (i) dated Jan 25, 2018). Exemption of GST on ebooks > was done later on. > > Please find the enclosed attached details. > > On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 7:49 PM <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > wrote: > >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 07:49:22 +0000 >> From: Manjunath K <manjunath(a)tapmi.edu.in> >> To: "nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com" <nmlis(a)yahoogroups.com>, >> "lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in" <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>, >> "MANLIBNET-india(a)yahoogroups.com" < >> MANLIBNET-india(a)yahoogroups.com>, >> libtech Yahoogroups <libtech(a)yahoogroups.com> >> Subject: [LIS-Forum] Can somebody help me with GST rules for >> Subscription to E-journals databases >> Message-ID: >> < >> SG2PR06MB2539FB76774E92D008EF088386420(a)SG2PR06MB2539.apcprd06.prod.outlook.com >> > >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> Dear Professional Colleagues, >> To my knowledge, e-journals are exempted from GST payment. But some >> vendors send invoice with GST and some are not. But our accounts section >> states that, we have to pay 18% GST for all e-journal databases whether >> Vendor/publisher includes GST in his bill or not. >> >> During 2017-18 financial year, all database vendors included GST in their >> bill and we paid their bill with GST. This year(2018-19), we paid GST to >> some databases with Invoice and only invoice amount for some (as GST was >> included in the inv). The vendors send invoice telling that there is no >> GST for e-journals from this year! . This is creating some problem for my >> library budget as budget preparation is based on current year's payment >> pattern from library. In our library, the payment will be processed for >> invoiced amount and hence expenditure also based on invoiced amount. If >> invoice includes GST... fine, else, GST amount problem surface for >> expenditure report. >> >> Looking at responses from vendors/publishers, I trust that library (in >> particular Govt/Pvt academic) need not to pay GST for e-journals as they >> are supplementing/complimenting print journals. Print journals are exempted >> from GST. >> >> Can someone help me with copy of relevant section of GST circular >> regarding GST for e-journals/databases? >> For e-books- 5% GST applicable. >> >> With Regards, >> >> Manjunatha >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> Dr. Manjunatha K >> Chief Librarian >> T.A. Pai Management Institute >> Manipal - 576 104, Karnataka, India >> Ph: 0820 - 2701105/ Mob: +917349255658/9972425417 >> Email: manjunath(a)tapmi.edu.in<mailto:manjunath@tapmi.edu.in>; >> manjunathak(a)gmail.com<mailto:manjunathak@gmail.com> >> ----------------------------------------------------------- >> >>

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One day seminar on “Role of Libraries in Socio, Cultural & Economic Development: An Emerging Perspective at IGNCA on 12th April
by Dr Ramesh C Gaur 27 Mar '19

27 Mar '19

Dear Colleagues Kala Nidhi Division of IGNCA in collaboration with Asian Library Association will organize One Day Seminar on 12th April, 2019. The details about the Seminar are attached in enclosed brochure. You may like to attend this Seminar. With regards, Ramesh ******************************************************************************************Dr. Ramesh C. Gaur, PGDCA, MLISc,Ph.D. Fulbright Scholar (Virginia Tech, USA) Director (Library & Information in HAG Pay Scale) & Head, Kalanidhi Division Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA) (Autonomous body of Ministry of Culture, Government of India) 11 Man Singh Road, New Delhi-110001 Mob: 9810066244 Ph.(Off) 011-23388333 e-mail; (1) rcgaur66(a)gmail.com (2) gaur(a)ignca.nic.in,website: www.ignca.gov.in Profile: http://ignca.gov.in/PDF_data/profile_of_dr_ramesh_c_gaur.pdf **************************************************************************************** Member International Advisory committee (IAC), UNESCO Memory of the world Programme and National Coordinator- Expert's Group UNESCO MoW Programme in India, Member-IFLA RSCAO and ARL Section, Governing Council-INFLIBNET, NDLTD Board of Directors, International Consultative Committee on DIgital Dunhuang Project, China, UGC National Committee on Plagiarism Regulations, member of over 20 Library Advisory Committee / Boards of Many Central Universities and other institutions , Awards-Have received 10 National and International awards, Have visited 22 countries in relation to various professional assignments ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > “Role of Libraries in Socio, Cultural & Economic Development: > > An Emerging Perspective” > > Jointly Organised by > > Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts > > And > > Asian Library Association , New Delhi > > Friday, 12th April, 2019 > > Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts Venue: Auditorium, C.V. Mess Building, Janpath, New Delhi- 110001 > > > > Context and Purpose of the Seminar: > > Libraries as empowering and democratizing institutions can engage communities by outreaching and taking up expansive roles which are confined not only to serving as information resource but much more. It is found that as powerful social institution with sizeable presence , libraries have started engaging with local communities by transforming themselves as socio- cultural & capacity building hubs globally and playing crucial role in the socio-cultural and economic development of their countries. The seminar intends to engage the participants in a discussion as to whether libraries can reposition themselves as nerve centers of community engagements by building capacities of common masses so as to partner with public policy programme for building an inclusive and equal society. > > The format of seminar > > The format of the seminar would be presentations by library professionals, invited talks by experts and a penal discussion on the theme. The proposed output of the seminar will be a report prepared in the light of deliberation and discussion held. > > Registration/Delegation Fee:* > > Registration for Working Professionals Rs. 500 > > Registration Fee for ASIALA Members/ Students/Retired Professionals Rs. 400 > > *Fee includes Conference Kit and Hospitality & is non-refundable > > Important Dates: > > Seminar Date: Friday 12th April, 2019 > > Submission of Paper/Presentation : 31st March, 2019 > > Acceptance of Paper/Presentation : 5 th April, 2019 > > Last Date of Registration: 8 th April, 2019 > > > > For more details & Registration form , please the seminar brochure, attached herewith. >

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Recruitment for Project Technical Assistant/ Sr. Project Technical Assistant
by Bhagwan Nagapure 27 Mar '19

27 Mar '19

*Project undertaken by IIT Bombay, sponsored by Ministry of Culture.* *Project Name* : Setting up National Virtual Library of India (NVLI) *About the project:* National virtual library of India (NVLI), This project is an important part of the larger vision of putting information of the entire Indian cultural heritage in the digital web world. The main goal of this project is to create, collect, encode, and collate various digital artefacts related to Indian culture, in the form of a portal, and to allow relevant information access through web-based search *Designation:* Project Technical Assistant/ Sr. Project Technical Assistant *Posts*: 2 *Salary level* (18000-26000)/ (30000--42000) Allowances (applicable only for candidate living outside campus) *Qualification:* M.L.I.Sc or equivalent Post graduation in Library and Information Science *Experience*: Should be familiar with Koha-ILS in Libraries. *Assessment methodology* Creation of Spoken tutorials for Koha It is mandatory for them to clear the check-list test and also create a 2 minute sample video. Check-list test will help them to understand the methodology and in-depth Knowledge about the norms that have to be *strictly adhered* while Creating a Spoken Tutorial. The candidates will have to clear this test with* 80% marks. * Please go through the following links - 1. http://process.spoken-tutorial.org/index.php/FOSS_Stages 2. http://process.spoken-tutorial.org/index.php/FOSS_Stages/Checklist The two minute sample video will help us to analyse their creation skills- such as script writing and English pronunciation. *Job profile* Creation of Spoken tutorials for Koha *Essential skills:* Must be well versed with Koha for creating Spoken Tutorials. Should also have technical skills about various operating systems. Should have good writing skills in English. Application Process: Eligible candidates may Email their updated CV’s to dbphr(a)cse.iitb.ac.in latest by 20-04-2019. -- * Bhagwan Krishnaji NagapureSr. Library and Information Assistant Central Library IIT Bombay*

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Re: [LIS-Forum] LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 192, Issue 21
by Pramila MC 26 Mar '19

26 Mar '19

Respected Sir/Mam, Subject: Mr.R.Takappa has been awarded the Ph. D degree Congratulations Sir. Regards Pramila M C Librarian JFGCW Bangalore On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 10:56 PM <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: > Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to > lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > You can reach the person managing the list at > lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 192, Issue 20 (Pandurang Konnur) > 2. Invitations -- eWit event on 28th March & CSI/IEEE CS/ IEEE > TEMS / ACM event on 29th March (Mohan Hr) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 17:19:11 +0530 > From: Pandurang Konnur <pvkonnur(a)gmail.com> > To: lis-forum <lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 192, Issue 20 > Message-ID: > <CAKuN-tYaG_= > jyJQtdVSCXmLU4zjzoy+t0ytnUgk_+x0WZV-LNA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Congratulations to Dr.Takappa. > It is a right recognition to a hard worker > > I wish his a best career. > > > Dr. P. V. Konnur > Former LIS Professor, > Fulbright Scholar (UIUC, USA) > Chairman, > State Level Book Selection Committee > President > LIS Academy, Bangalore > Adviser, VTU Consortium, > Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi - 590 018 > Mobile : 09449679737 > E-Mail : pvkonnur(a)gmail.com > > > > On Sun, 24 Mar 2019, 12:00 pm , <lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > wrote: > > > Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to > > lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > lis-forum-request(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > lis-forum-owner(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Subject: Mr.R.Takappa has been awarded the Ph D degree > > (Aragudige Nagaraja) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2019 10:25:50 +0530 > > From: Aragudige Nagaraja <nag.kcb(a)gmail.com> > > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Subject: Mr.R.Takappa has been awarded the Ph D > > degree > > Message-ID: > > < > > CAJzOep-nekP+XcCT-4zTF_uH5UJevTXYkE4GM0N5u0PL1Z6U1A(a)mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > Dear Moderator please put this massage on LIS Forum. > > > > Dear Professional Friends, > > > > > > I am pleased to inform that Mr. R. Takappa working as Librarian at > Acharya > > Institute of Technology, Soladevanahalli,Bangalore has been awarded Ph D > > degree by “Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi Viswa Maha Vidyalaya” ( > > SCSVMV-University),Kanchipram, > > Tamil Nadu. He had taken up a study on “Consortium of Polytechnic > Libraries > > in Karnataka State: Design of a Model on Survey” under the guidance of > Dr. > > Ramakrishna Reddy, Chief Librarian, Acharya Institute of Technology, > > Bangalore. I heartily congratulate him on receiving the highest degree > > and *wish > > him* every success. > > > > > > > > Dr. A.Nagaraja > > > > Librarian > > > > Sri Krishna Institute of Technology > > > > Bangalore-90 > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > believed to be clean. > > > >

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International Conference on Enhancement of Technology and Innovations in Contemporary Libraries
by Arunachalam Hariharan 25 Mar '19

25 Mar '19

International Conference on Enhancement of Technology and Innovations in Contemporary Libraries [ICETICL - 2019] (Sponsored under RUSA Phase 2.0 Scheme) Date: 24-25, April 2019 Organized by Dept of Library and Information Science, Alagappa University, Karaikudi and SALIS Important Dates: Full Paper Submission Deadline: 25th March 2019 Paper Acceptance : 30th March 2019 Last Date for Registration : 10th April 2019 Registration Fee: Working Professionals and Research Scholars = Rs.1300/- Students = Rs.800/- Overseas Delegates ( in US $) = $ 50 Address for Communication Dr. S. Thanuskodi Organizing Secretary Professor and Head, DLIS Alagappa University Karaikudi - 630 003 E-mail: dlisalu2019(a)gmail.com Mobile: 9442224006, 9842953420 Accompanying Person = Rs.800/- Further details and conference announcement, please visit: www.salis.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Invitations -- eWit event on 28th March & CSI/IEEE CS/ IEEE TEMS / ACM event on 29th March
by Mohan Hr 25 Mar '19

25 Mar '19

Dear All Pl. find the invitations for eWit event on 28th March & CSI/IEEE CS/ IEEE TEMS / ACM event on 29th March Bot the pgms are free to attend with pre-registration. With regards HR Mohan Chair, ACM Chennai Professional Chapter ============================================== *13th Anniversary Event of eWIT on the Theme: #BalanceforBetter* Organised by Empowering Women in IT (eWIT) on Thursday, 28th March 2019 from 2:30 pm to 6:00 pm at Hotel Savera, Chennai Program Schedule at http://www.ewit.co.in/annversary_program_details.asp This program is a free event but pre registration is a must Register at http://www.ewit.co.in/event_registration.asp =============================================== *Presentation “Product Nation: India’s Trillion Dollar Opportunity in SaaS” by Mr. Suresh Sambandam, Founder & CEO, OrangeScape.* It is a joint event by CSI, IEEE CS, IEEE TEMS & ACM is being held on 29th Mar 2019 at 6.00 p.m. at Chennai. About the Presentation: Over the last 30-40 years, due to the IT services boom, our country has built deep-domain expertise in basically every industry vertical. It is that expertise that needs to be productized to make India a global SaaS hub. Suresh’s talk will highlight India’s natural strengths in SaaS, and what it will take to make India a product nation and a Global SaaS hub. The pdf invite is available at https://goo.gl/VEww78 and also at http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/pgms/2019/mm-190329-product-nation.pdf To facilitate logistics, please pre-register at https://goo.gl/fQJ65T

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