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Use #ilaelection in social media
by vinod mishra 24 Dec '18

24 Dec '18

Dear all Use #ilaelection for any post on social media like Facebook etc. related to Indian Library Association (ILA) election. It will help us not to popularize ILA election only but give message in society's about our strength and unity. #ilaelection -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Gentle Reminder! IIT Gandhinagar: International Conference CLSTL 2019- Deadline for Submitting Proposal/Abstract for Presentation & Poster is 31st December, 2018
by TS Kumbar 24 Dec '18

24 Dec '18

Dear Professional Colleagues, *A gentle reminder for submission of proposals/ abstracts for Presentation & Poster at the International Conference* *CLSTL 2019** being held **at IIT Gandhinagar from 28th Feb. - 2nd March, 2019 & other updates**.* - Deadline for submitting proposal/abstract for presentation & Poster:* 31st December, 2018.* *Timely submission of abstracts will facilitate finalizing the program schedule.* - Notifying acceptance of proposal/abstract to Presenterr: *10th January,2019.* - Updated list of eminent speakers <http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/speakers/> announced. - Interesting workshops on the following emerging area*s being organized:* - *Creating Data Repository Using Dataverse* - *Data Visualization Service in Libraries* - *MakerSpaces in Libraries* - *Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) in libraries* - *There will be a Publication of Post Conference Proceedings edited by team of Internationally known professionals and publisher. * Please visit the conference website for further details, updates and registration: http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2019/CLSTL/ *Registration* - Final registration deadline: *31st January, 2019* We would therefore request you to kindly consider submitting a proposal/abstract of your proposed presentation/poster before the deadline ( ie *31st December, 2018*) and actively participate in this event to share innovative ideas, rich experience and best practices followed in your library for the benefit of other conference attendees. We would highly appreciate, if you could kindly spread the word about this conference among your colleagues and professional friends and encourage them to consider participating in this professional event. Looking forward to your participation and support. Kind regards Kumbar -- T. S. Kumbar, PhD Librarian Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar Palaj, Gandhinagar 382 355*|* Gujarat | INDIA Tel: +91 79 2395 2431 Mob: 09825921864 Email: tskumbar(a)iitgn.ac.in | tskumbar(a)gmail.com Website: http://www.iitgn.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 189, Issue 34
by Anand Dodamani 24 Dec '18

24 Dec '18

Dear Dr. D. V. Singh Sir, I totally agree with your views. There must be some logic behind every action. Be it an appointment or promotion or any other thing. There are many instances in our field where the institutes/ universities have violated the norms set for the purpose. There is no transparency in recruitments. We all raise our voice (on online forums only) against such practices when they happen and forget about them after few days. I understand that it is not possible for any one individual to continue the fight against injustice for longer period of time considering his own personal and workplace commitments. But, the professional bodies such as ILA can do it. The representatives of these bodies have volunteered themselves (while contesting elections) to work for the betterment of the profession. But, I have not seen or heard any postings/ communications from any ILA representative on this or any other subject concerning the profession. The DISCUSSIONS are good but, ONLY DISCUSSIONS are not good. Can we expect any course of action from any professional body on this front? Can these professional bodies also work for the things other than conducting conferences and seminars? The appointment of an expert from some other field to one of the top posts in LIS is not the matter of concern; the matter of concern is the diminishing image of the librarians in the society. We need to change this trend. Regards, Anand Dodamani Mumbai On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 12:01 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 189, Issue 33 (D V Singh) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2018 19:35:57 +0530 > From: D V Singh <dvs.srcc(a)gmail.com> > To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 189, Issue 33 > Message-ID: > <CAF9JUzLc76SfXmDw4tyfB9Y= > eyZTSivduaMBV1hw9t330C3jNQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Librarians are very open to welcome anybody.same logic must be applied in > other professions.A University Librarian is not eligible to be a professor > in library science department as per UGC norms.But UGC finds Statistics > professor to be Director INFLIBNET.Before we comment kindly do read > advertisement published and also available on UGC website .Transparency is > strength but it is none existent in this selection. > > On Sun, 23 Dec 2018 at 12:01, <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: INFLIBNET appontment (Vasumathi Sriganesh (QMed)) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2018 16:51:20 +0400 > > From: "Vasumathi Sriganesh (QMed)" <vasu(a)qmedkf.org.in> > > To: lis-forum <LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] INFLIBNET appontment > > Message-ID: > > <CAP4Uj3ZpYx0h-bSNOgcHL5X-qGKeqhp+xo6u0= > > jFCLFv3DnZmg(a)mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > The National Library of Medicine is one of the large library systems in > the > > world. The current Director Patricia Flatley Brennan holds a Masters > Degree > > in Nursing and a PhD in industrial engineering! A previous long term > > Director was Dr Donald Lindberg who was a doctor - an MD in Pathology, > but > > also taught Information Sciences. > > Dr SRR was a pioneer - he created the library profession. > > > > As others have said, I agree it is not the qualification alone but their > > contributions to such systems as a whole. I also agree that there must be > > transparency in selection and everyone needs to know how and why one is > > selected - this applies to any major position > > > > Just my opinion. I value differences in opinions. > > > > Vasumathi Sriganesh > > QMed Knowledge Foundation > > A-3, Shubham Center, Cardinal Gracious Road > > Chakala, Andheri East, Mumbai 400099, India > > Tel: 91-22-40054474 Mob: +919867292230 > > Email: vasu(a)qmed.ngo Web:www.qmed.ngo > > MMC Speaker Code - MMC/MASS/00030/2016 > > Member: Academy of Health Professions Education > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

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2nd LIS Conference @ VTU, Belagavi
by Basavaraj Kumbar 24 Dec '18

24 Dec '18

cross posting Dear Professionals, LIS Academy is organizing its 2nd Conference at VTU, Belagavi in Association with VTU and Department of Public Libraries GoK. for more information visit the website http://iil.lisacademy.org/ Papers are invited on following Themes and Sub-themes Conference Theme: *“Innovations in Libraries”* *Conference Sub-Themes:* - *Library Resources/Content:* Innovations in Content – Both Proprietary and Open Domain – Generation, Publishing, Packaging, Access/Sharing, Licensing, Rights, Content Use and Usage Standards, Applications and Impact - *Library & Information Services:* Innovations in LIS Services – OPAC, Circulation, Alerts, Personalization and Profiling of users and Organizations, Use and Application of Technology in Innovative Services – Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Data visualization, Sharing/Collaborations, Reference Services, Referral Services, Use of Social Media in innovative services- YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, ResearchGate etc., - *Library Users/Manpower/LIS Education:* Innovative Teaching Methods in LIS, Innovative ways of utilizing Libraries in Library education, MOOCs, eLearning and Technology in teaching and LIS education, Innovation in connecting and serving Library Users - *Technology & Innovations in Libraries:* Impact of Technology in the transformation of Libraries; Role of Technology in Innovations in Libraries; Innovative ways of applying Technology in Libraries and LIS education. Future Technologies and new and possible innovations in Libraries. - *Best practices in Public Libraries:* Public Libraries as Knowledge hubs, Community Information centres, Smart libraries for smart cities Post navigatio Regards, *Mr. Basavaraj S. Kumbar* *MLISc. UGC-NET, (Ph. D)* Librarian, Angadi Institute of Technology and Management (AITM), Savagaon Road, Belagavi - 590 009 <http://www.wix.com/basukumbar/basukumbar> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 189, Issue 33
by D V Singh 24 Dec '18

24 Dec '18

Librarians are very open to welcome anybody.same logic must be applied in other professions.A University Librarian is not eligible to be a professor in library science department as per UGC norms.But UGC finds Statistics professor to be Director INFLIBNET.Before we comment kindly do read advertisement published and also available on UGC website .Transparency is strength but it is none existent in this selection. On Sun, 23 Dec 2018 at 12:01, <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: INFLIBNET appontment (Vasumathi Sriganesh (QMed)) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2018 16:51:20 +0400 > From: "Vasumathi Sriganesh (QMed)" <vasu(a)qmedkf.org.in> > To: lis-forum <LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] INFLIBNET appontment > Message-ID: > <CAP4Uj3ZpYx0h-bSNOgcHL5X-qGKeqhp+xo6u0= > jFCLFv3DnZmg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > The National Library of Medicine is one of the large library systems in the > world. The current Director Patricia Flatley Brennan holds a Masters Degree > in Nursing and a PhD in industrial engineering! A previous long term > Director was Dr Donald Lindberg who was a doctor - an MD in Pathology, but > also taught Information Sciences. > Dr SRR was a pioneer - he created the library profession. > > As others have said, I agree it is not the qualification alone but their > contributions to such systems as a whole. I also agree that there must be > transparency in selection and everyone needs to know how and why one is > selected - this applies to any major position > > Just my opinion. I value differences in opinions. > > Vasumathi Sriganesh > QMed Knowledge Foundation > A-3, Shubham Center, Cardinal Gracious Road > Chakala, Andheri East, Mumbai 400099, India > Tel: 91-22-40054474 Mob: +919867292230 > Email: vasu(a)qmed.ngo Web:www.qmed.ngo > MMC Speaker Code - MMC/MASS/00030/2016 > Member: Academy of Health Professions Education > > > > > > > > >

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Winner of the TRAVEL GRANT for attending the Conference / Workshop at NIT Rourkela
by Dp Tripathi 24 Dec '18

24 Dec '18

Dear Friends, With great pleasure I am happy to announce that Mr. Rahul Singh from New Delhi is the winner of TRAVEL GRANT for attending the Conference / Workshop at NIT Rourkela to be conducted during May 20-24, 2019. Hearty Congratulations to Mr. Rahul Singh. I express my sincere thanks to all the participants for taking part in Online Quiz. Hope to receive your kind cooperation in future too. Thanks DP Tripathi -- ********************************* *Dhanwantari Prakash Tripathi* MA (ECO), MLISc, HDISM, ECDL ********************************* Assistant Librarian, Periodicals Biju Patnaik Central Library National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha –769008 INDIA ********************************* *YouTube - Librarian Guide <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqq2XkD5KKp5W7VrMJOsGhw>* ********************************* *M - +91-8895296796* *U - www.dptripathi.in <http://www.dptripathi.in> * ********************************* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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INFLIBNET appontment
by Kailash Garg 22 Dec '18

22 Dec '18

Dear Sir, Few professionals have raised the issue of appointment of a non professional person as Director of INFLIBNET. Recently Dr. Sharmila Ghosh has written that Berkeley Labs are appointing students from social sciences for their research work I want to give an example from India. Professor Vishwatathan of IISc was appointed Director of INSDOC (now NISCAIR). I understand he was also a non professional like the present director of INFLIBNET. I don't understand why this hue and cry. Judge the individual by his works he does as director. Dr Kailash C Garg, Ex-Chief Scientist, CSIR-NISTADS Member Editorial Board COLLNET Journal of Scientometrics, Annals of Lib Inf Studies, Journal of Scientometric Research, Life Member Int.Soc.Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISSI), Academic Counsellor IGNOU -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Travel Grant for BLIB/MLIB/CLIB/DLIB Student to Attend Conference / Workshop at NIT Rourkela
by Dp Tripathi 21 Dec '18

21 Dec '18

Dear Friends, NIT Rourkela is conducting a National Conference/Workshop on Advanced Automation Technologies for NexGen Libraries during May 20-24, 2019. Librarian Guide (YouTube Technical Forum) announces the Travel Grant for Students of Library and Information Science (Indian Resident only). If any student of CLIB/DLIB/BLIB/MLIB student is interested, may attend this on-line quiz on December 23, 2018 at 12:00 pm and try his/her luck to win the 'TRAVEL GRANT'. Travel Grant will only support travel by Train in SLEEPER CLASS from the winner’s institute/university to Rourkela. Winner will be notified via email to claim his/her GRANT via secret code. The grant will be given after verification of necessary records. So, hurry up! Open the browser and complete your registration with your e-mail ID (preferably Gmail) Step – 1: Open the browser and enter the URL www.myquiz.org Step – 2: Enter the Code in Text Box – 012651 Step – 3: Read the Instructions before you proceed Step – 4: Click on ‘Join the Quiz’ button Step – 6: Tick the Terms & Condition checkbox and Register with your Gmail ID preferably Step – 7: It will show *you have successfully registered for the competition!* *It will send an email to your mail ID with all details. * *So, be ready to participate and try your luck. * *If you win the quiz, it will show the result and secret code. Please note that carefully and send the details at librarianguide(a)gmail.com <librarianguide(a)gmail.com> * Thanks D P Tripathi -- ********************************* *Dhanwantari Prakash Tripathi* MA (ECO), MLISc, HDISM, ECDL ********************************* Assistant Librarian, Periodicals Biju Patnaik Central Library National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha –769008 INDIA ********************************* *YouTube - Librarian Guide <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqq2XkD5KKp5W7VrMJOsGhw>* ********************************* *M - +91-8895296796* *U - www.dptripathi.in <http://www.dptripathi.in> * ********************************* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [LIS-Forum] LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 189, Issue 23
by Suresh Suri 21 Dec '18

21 Dec '18

Dear professional friends, It is too dangerous for our library community. This is not only one community's, even RBI also appointed non economist as a chief of RBI. Think if it is continues all sector's, how we will contribute to our society? Hope this type of appointment will stop in the future. On Tue, 18 Dec, 2018, 8:02 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. Non-Library person appointed as the Director of INFLIBNET > Centre - Library Network (Francis Jayakanth) > 2. Re: Non-Library person appointed as the Director of INFLIBNET > Centre - Library Network (vinod mishra) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 13:43:06 +0000 > From: Francis Jayakanth <francis(a)iisc.ac.in> > To: lis_forum <LIS-Forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> > Subject: [LIS-Forum] Non-Library person appointed as the Director of > INFLIBNET Centre - Library Network > Message-ID: > < > BM1PR01MB2179E63EB662BB144ED143C88DBD0(a)BM1PR01MB2179.INDPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > From: Dr. A.T. Francis <francisaloor(a)yahoo.com> > > Sent: 18 December 2018 14:55 > > Dear Library Professionals, > > It is a very shocking news that a Non-Library person appointed as the > Director of INFLIBNET Centre. > > This is a very unscientific decision to manage a Library Network by > non-librarian. > > Though the essential qualification for the post is that the person from > relevant field, the appointed person is from Statistics, which > is not the relevant field. > > It is the prime duty and responsibility of all library professionals and > associations to intimate the authorities the damage may create to the > profession and also to the academics and R&D at large by the decision. > > How a Non-Medicine man can do treatment and surgery. A computer man can > establish physical network, but can not manage knowledge and library and > provide knowledge services scientifically and effectively. > > Dr. A.T. FRANCIS, MCom, MLISc, NET, PhD > UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN > Kerala Agricultural University > Thrissur - 680 656, India, 91-9496839409 (m) > francisaloor(a)yahoo.com >

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e-library of rare books launched in Pune
by Vasu M Deshpande Easylib 20 Dec '18

20 Dec '18

Inspiring one ... http://borilib.com e-library of rare books launched in Pune - The Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute The Hindu National The Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. Shoumojit Banerjee Pune 19 December 2018 21:26 IST Updated: 19 December 2018 22:36 IST BORI houses one of South Asia’s largest collection of rare manuscripts The Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (BORI), which houses one of South Asia’s largest and most invaluable agglomeration of rare manuscripts, opened its treasure vault digitally by launching an e-library of ancient religious and historical works on Wednesday. Nearly 1,000 rare books and manuscripts in Sanskrit and its related languages are presently available for readers worldwide to savour in this first phase of digitisation. The institute, named after legendary Indologist Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, was set up in 1917 and has in its possession nearly two-and-a-half-lakh rare books and manuscripts, some of them in an extremely brittle state. “The rationale behind the e-library is to preserve at least some of these books. Hence, we chose to digitise 20,000 among the rarest-of-the rare books and four to five thousand will be available for readers to read them online for free,” said noted Indologist Prof. Shrikant Bahulkar. Three fully-automated Zeutschel high-resolution German scanners were specially procured by the institute at a cost of ₹15 lakh each. “ We began with screening the two lakh-plus manuscripts to zero down on the ones we would digitise,” said Mithilesh Kulkarni of Nyansa, a firm specialising in heritage digitisation. Chinmay Bhandari of Nyansa said that the entire process was one of ‘non-destructive’ digitising, which ensured that even books in decrepit condition were preserved while scanning. “For the past two years, our 15-member team was working in three shifts every day and we digitised more than 3 lakh pages each month,” Mr. Bhandari said. Among the BORI’s notable publications are a 19-volume edition of The Mahabharata, collated with copious critical material, and legendary Sanskrit scholar P.V. Kane’s five-volume History of Dharmashastra (1930). “The work on the Mahabharata, universally acknowledged by scholars and researchers the world, is still on with the Cultural Index to the Mahabharata still being prepared under the guidance of scholar Dr. Ganesh Umakant Thite,” said Prof. Bahulkar. ————- Regards, Vasu Vasu M Deshpande, Easylib +91 97422 04624 www.finvensys.com www.easylibsoft.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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