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School Library Association (SLA India): Office bearers for 2018-2021
by secretary slaindia 17 Aug '18

17 Aug '18

Dear Professionals, School Library Association (SLA India) has become a recognized Professional Library Association on 26th June 2018, registered in Delhi under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 of Govt. of India (Reg. No. 319/2018). SLA India is now the first national-level professional Association of School Librarians of India. The Association represents School Librarians working in all sectors around the country. All interested individuals, institutions, schools, Associations and those studying towards a Library and Information Science qualification may join SLA as a member. For more information, visit www.slaindia.org. The details of the first Governing Body members of SLA elected for the period 2018-2021 are given below. 1. President: Madhu Bhargava, Dean of Libraries, G. D. Goenka World School, Gurgaon, Haryana 2. Vice President: Rajasekhar S. Devarai, Chief Librarian, Shishuvan English Medium School, Mumbai, Maharashtra 3. General Secretary: S. L. Faisal, Librarian, Kendriya Vidyalaya Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 4. Treasurer: Akhila Arora, Librarian, Bal Bharati Public School, Delhi 5. Joint Secretaries: (i) Jyoti Kumar Singh, Librarian, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Deoria, Uttar Pradesh (ii) Baidyanath Datta, Librarian, Banpas Sikshaniketan, Purba Barddhaman, West Bengal (iii) Krishna Nand Singh, Librarian, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Umroi Cantt, Shillong, Meghalaya (iv) Dr. Sarwesh Pareek, Librarian, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Vidyashram-Pratap Nagar, Jaipur, Rajastan (v) Ayesha Khatoon, Librarian, Kendriya Vidyalaya No.1, FS (Kankar Bagh), Patna, Bihar 6. Public Relations Officer: Ishrat Parveen, Librarian, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh 7. Regional Convenors: (i) North: Neena Girish, Librarian, St Paul’s School, Hauz Khas, New Delhi (ii) South: Darsana Gopinath, Librarian, Kendriya Vidyalaya Pangode, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (iii) East: Manju Bala, G. D. Goenka World School, Gurugram, Haryana (iv) West: Dibakar Mohanty, Librarian, K D Ambani Vidyamandir, Jamnagar, Gujrat 8. Sectoral convenors: (i) International: Titiksha Goswami, Teacher Librarian, DPS International School, Gurgaon (ii)KVS, NVS, APS: Suraj R., Librarian, Army Public School, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (iii) CBSE, ICSE, ISE: Rohini Sharma, Librarian, Gems Modern Academy, Gurgaon, Haryana (iv) State: Vilas Chandrabhan Sonar, Purushottam English School & Arambha Mahavidyalaya, Nashik, Maharashtra (v) Private, NGOs: Meenal Nijhavan, G. D. Goenka World School, Gurugram, Haryana Kindly visit www.slaindia.org to know more. Regards S. L. Faisal General Secretary, SLA India secretary.slaindia(a)gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Interesting Reads – 2018-08-16
by Mohan Hr 16 Aug '18

16 Aug '18

*Interesting Reads – 2018-08-16* *Contents* *Articles* - Google's DeepMind AI can accurately detect 50 types of eye disease just by looking at scans - Decoded: How Amazon ensures speedy delivery of your orders - AI-Driven Leadership - The Value Proposition of IIoT, Industry 4.0 - 10 Amazing Leadership Lessons From Design Thinking - Open Source Artificial Intelligence: 50 Top Projects - The Top 20 Reasons Start-ups Fail - The Strangest Things That Were 3D-Printed in 2017 - 24 Underwater Drones – The Boom in Robotics Beneath the Waves - Generation Z enters the workforce *Events / Announcements* - SPIN Chennai Workshop on “GDPR 360” - TCS National Qualifier Test on 2nd & 3rd Sep 2018 - INSA - JSPS Fellowship - IEEE CIS Summer School 2018 on Computational Intelligence: Theory, Implementation and Applications at Hyderabad during 22-27 Nov 2018 - TAMC 2019: 15th Annual Conference on Theory and Applications of Models of Computation. 13-16 April 2019 at Japan Read at http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2018/08/interesting-reads-201 8-08-16.html Archives at http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/2018/05/interesting-reads-arc hives.html *======================================================== * *Articles* *Google's DeepMind AI can accurately detect 50 types of eye disease just by looking at scans* - Google's artificial intelligence company DeepMind has published "really significant" research showing its algorithm can identify around 50 eye diseases by looking at retinal eye scans. - DeepMind said its AI was as good as expert clinicians, and that it could help prevent people from losing their sight. - DeepMind has been criticised for its practices around medical data, but cofounder Mustafa Suleyman said all the information in this research project was anonymised. - The company plans to hand the technology over for free to NHS hospitals for five years, provided it passes the next phase of research. Full story <https://www.businessinsider.in/Googles-DeepMind-AI-can-accurately-detect-50…> *Decoded: How Amazon ensures speedy delivery of your orders * Amazon has around 50 fulfilment centres in India and considering that it delivers products across all 20,500 pins in the country, the rules that employees follow in these warehouses are pretty strict. Full story <https://www.timesnownews.com/business-economy/companies/article/decoded-how…> *AI-Driven Leadership* Many companies are experimenting with AI on a small scale, and a few have made a commitment that their organizations will be “AI first” or “AI-driven.” But what does this mean? What is AI doing or leading, and, in particular, what is the role of leadership in making organizations AI-driven? We see a lot of confusion around opportunity and action. In the 2018 Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends survey and report of business and HR leaders, 72% indicated that AI, robots, and automation are important — but only 31% felt their organizations were prepared to address strategy to implement these technologies. There aren’t that many AI-driven companies yet, and while we have seen a few examples outside of tech, most of the ones that do exist are technology companies. That makes it a little speculative to define the traits leaders need to help move their organizations to an AI-first future. Still, it’s useful to begin to develop a framework for what we already know about what it takes to be an AI-driven leader. Full story <https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/ai-driven-leadership/> Related report <https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/insights/us/articles/HCTrends2018/201…>: 2018 Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends survey and report Related report <https://sloanreview.mit.edu/offer-download-the-2018-digital-leadership-repo…>: 2018 Digital Business report on “Coming of Age Digitally: Learning, Leadership, and Legacy,” by Deloitte by Deloitte (Registration is required to download) *The Value Proposition of IIoT, Industry 4.0 * Industrial Internet of Things, collaborative robots, digital twins and more aren’t just new ways of trying to get you to loosen your purse strings. They bring with them the promise of improved business outcomes. Read the post <https://www.automationworld.com/value-proposition-iiot-industry-40> For more about optimizing the value of automation, read Automation World’s four-part series on the topic: - How to Determine Automation Value and Focus <https://www.automationworld.com/article/food-and-beverage/how-determine-aut…> - Break the Replacement Cycle <https://www.automationworld.com/article/topics/system-integration/break-rep…> - How to Get Executive Buy-In for Automation <https://www.automationworld.com/article/food-and-beverage/how-get-executive…> - Best Practices for Implementing Automation <https://www.automationworld.com/article/topics/project-management/best-prac…> *10 Amazing Leadership Lessons From Design Thinking* Leadership is a challenging proposition in a world of disruptions and changes due to the rate of change being overwhelming. How do leaders cope with constant changes, enormous expectations and an unpredictable future? Well, a lot of the top organisations including Pepsi, Nike, Apple and Google use Design Thinking for leadership matters. Design thinking is coming up with visual patterns that lead to the desired solutions. In other words, it is about connecting the dots to come up with solutions to practical problems that you want to solve. The Design thinking approach is widely appreciated and adopted by leaders around the globe. Below, we look at 10 intriguing leadership lessons from design thinking: Full post <https://addicted2success.com/success-advice/10-amazing-leadership-lessons-f…> *Open Source Artificial Intelligence: 50 Top Projects* Since the earliest days of computers, creating machines that could "think" like humans has been a key goal for researchers. In the past few years, computer scientists have made huge leaps forward in artificial intelligence (AI), to the point where the technology is becoming commonplace. In fact, Gartner predicts, "By 2020, AI technologies will be virtually pervasive in almost every new software product and service." And IDC forecasts that companies will spend $12.5 billion on AI technology in 2017, 59.3 percent more than in 2016. That tremendous growth is likely to continue through 2020, when revenues could top $46 billion. Open source software development has played a huge role in the rise of artificial intelligence, and many of the top machine learning, deep learning, neural network and other AI software is available under open source licenses. For this list, we selected 50 of the most well-known of these open source artificial intelligence projects. They are organized into categories and then alphabetized within those categories. The lines between some of the categories can be fuzzy, so we used the project owners' descriptions of their applications to determine where to place the various tools. Know these projects <https://www.datamation.com/open-source/open-source-artificial-intelligence-…> *The Top 20 Reasons Start-ups Fail* From lack of product-market fit to disharmony on the team, we break down the top 20 reasons for start-up failure by analyzing 101 start-up failure post-mortems. After we compiled our list of start-up failure post-mortems, one of the most frequent requests we got was to use these posts to figure out the main reasons start-ups failed. Start-ups, corporations, investors, economic development folks, academics, and journalists all wanted some insight into the question: “What are the reasons start-ups fail?” So we gave those post-mortems the CB Insights’ data treatment to see if we could answer this question. After reading through every single of the 101 post-mortems, we’ve learned there is rarely one reason for a single start-up’s failure. However, we did begin to see a pattern to these stories. And so after sifting through the post-mortems, we identified the top 20 reasons start-ups failed. Since many start-ups offered multiple reasons for their failure, you’ll see the chart highlighting the top 20 reasons doesn’t add up to 100% (it far exceeds it). Following the chart is an explanation of each reason and relevant examples from the post-mortems. Full post <https://www.cbinsights.com/research/startup-failure-reasons-top/> *The Strangest Things That Were 3D-Printed in 2017* 3D printing isn't new to 2017, but this year, researchers pushed the boundaries of the seemingly sci-fi technique, printing objects that required intricate details — such as a lifelike model of a newborn and a microscopic camera — as well as objects made with materials that may sound surprising, including cheese and glass. Read on for a roundup of the coolest and kookiest things that were 3D-printed in 2017. Slideshow <https://www.livescience.com/61224-strangest-3d-printed-objects-2017.html> *24 Underwater Drones – The Boom in Robotics Beneath the Waves* Robotics Beneath the Waves Aerial drones have buzzed their way into almost every aspect of the modern world, from photography and television news coverage, to environmental monitoring and archaeology. And many of the concepts developed for aerial drones are being adopted and adapted to work in a very different environment — underwater. Look at the many ways that drones are being used beneath the waves, by oceanographic scientists, archaeologists, militaries, commercial divers, photographers and undersea explorers. Slideshow <https://www.livescience.com/61431-underwater-drones.html> *Generation Z enters the workforce* With Generation Z entering the workforce and the nature of entry-level jobs changing, how can organizations redesign these jobs in a way that can both attract and engage Gen Z and ensure that these jobs continue to generate a pipeline of future talent? Full story <https://www2.deloitte.com/insights/us/en/focus/technology-and-the-future-of…> *Events / Announcements* *SPIN Chennai Workshop on “GDPR 360” * SPIN Chennai is organising a workshop on “Data Protection and Regulation on GDPR 360” on 1st Sep 2018 with Ramkumar Ramachandran - CIO, Tevel Cyber Corps as the resource person at Andhra Chamber of Commerce, T. Nagar, Chennai. Concessional registration fee applicable to members of SPIN Chennai & Partner organizations (IEEE, CSI, FICCI, CIO Klub, CySI, ISACA, PMI, ACC, TCC, CXO Club, IOD). Last date for early bird registration at a lower fee is 19th Aug 2018 Workshop website at http://spinchennai.org/events/event/gdpr-360-workshop/ Registration at https://in.explara.com/e/gdpr-workshop For queries, please reach out to Ragav @ 9944.111.920 / admin(a)spinchennai.org *TCS National Qualifier Test on 2nd & 3rd Sep 2018* TCS is hiring 2019 batch engineering students of BE/BTech/ME/MTech/MSc/MCA through a national qualifier test scheduled on 2nd & 3rd Sep 2018. TCS national aualifier test aims to select the best talent in the country to fuel the growth plans of TCS with its Business 4.0 Strategy, gaining mindshare across the industry. Being a leader in the digital transformation space, we are happy to invite bright minds from across the country to explore the world of digital opportunities with TCS. TCS offers aspiring students a wide range of technologies and areas to choose and kickstart their careers. Apart from hiring for the general IT service line, TCS also offers career streams in the following niche Business Units: Engineering & Industrial Services and Internet of Things (IoT) IT Infrastructure Services Cyber Security Practice Enterprise Content Management Quality Engineering Registration for the above test is open till 20th Aug 2018. For registration pl. visit https://careers.tcs.com *INSA - JSPS Fellowship* Call for Indo-Japanese Joint Project on "Establishment of Young Researcher Fellowship Programme 2018-19". The main objective of this young researcher exchange program is to contribute to the advancement of Science & Technology and to the benefit of society at large. This fellowship programme is designed to support Indian scientists/researchers to travel to Japan and work with leading researchers at major Japanese science and technology institutions/universities/organizations for a period of 2 to 6 months. They are intended to facilitate long-term science, technology and innovation collaboration between India and Japan by - developing researchers’ expertise in international collaboration and fostering long-term relationships between Indian and Japanese researchers; - developing the researchers’ leadership skills as future ‘science ambassadors’ for India; and - providing a catalyst for future India-Japan research collaboration. Last date: 15th Sep 2018 Further Details <http://insaindia.res.in/pdf/Indo_Japan_Fellowship_2018_19_Application_Form_…> *IEEE CIS Summer School 2018 on Computational Intelligence: Theory, Implementation and Applications at Hyderabad during 22-27 Nov 2018* IEEE CIS Summer School at Hyderabad invites participation from researchers, faculty, students and professionals. It shall provide a unique opportunity to meet and listen to leading international experts working on cutting edge technologies of computational intelligence. The program is designed to give an exposure to theory with hands-on interactions. It also gives an industry exposure with AI start-ups at T-Hub, the famous Hyderabad Start-ups Center. In addition to the conventional talks and tutorials it shall provide young researchers in AI with a unique platform to share their current research thoughts through poster sessions. The Top three selected posters would receive awards. Participants would receive a signed copy of the participation certificate from IEEE CIS. Summer school website at https://cishyd-ss.ieeehyd.org/ *TAMC 2019: 15th Annual Conference on Theory and Applications of Models of Computation. 13-16 April 2019 at Japan* TAMC 2019 aims at bringing together a wide range of researchers with interest in computational theory and its applications. The main themes of the conference are computability, computer science logic, complexity, algorithms, models of computation and systems theory. There are special sessions on "Soft Computing and AI Models". Paper Submission Deadline: November 15, 2018 Further details at https://drive.google.com/open? id=1tYAEUR1pRw9PBLcvVnm7bRgZ0hk1G5EV Professor T V Gopal, Anna University, India is the conf. co-chair. You can contact him for assistance and clarifications at gopal(a)annauniv.edu / +91 9840121302 *Archives of Interesting Reads at *http://infoforuse.blogspot.in/ 2018/05/interesting-reads-archives.html *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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Public Lecture on Big Data and Library Science by Prof ARD Prasad
by GIPE Pune 16 Aug '18

16 Aug '18

Dear All Greetings from the GIPE Library! You will be pleased to know that we are organizing a Public Lecture on Big Data and Library Science by Prof A R D Prasad on Saturday, 25th August 2018 at 10.30 am in the GIPE Library. Even though there is no registration, you are requested to send the confirmation to gipelibrary(a)gmail.com or Whatsapp (Nanaji Shewale 808 799 5330). This will help us to organize the seating arrangement, Tea/Coffee, and Snacks. Thanks and Regards Nanaji Shewale (Ph D) Librarian and Administrator - DSpace@GIPE Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics B M C C Road, Deccan Gymkhana Pune 411004 (India) T: 91 20 25679940 (Direct) T: 91 20 25654288, 25650287 Ext 401 http://www.gipe.ac.in http://dspace.gipe.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Books Lamination
by Chief Librarian, SAIACS 16 Aug '18

16 Aug '18

Hello LIS Colleagues, Greetings, I would like to seek your suggestions for lamination of paper back books. I want to know types of self adhesive sheets or films (acid free) you use. Can you send me some details about the sellers or vendors whom we can contact. Amazon sells it: https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B00R8AWBJI/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=A6QW… Is it economically viable to buy them from online stores, while we can obtain it from wholesale dealers or retailers for lesser prices. we also want to use tissue lamination solutions for our archival materials, loose sheets and others. Kindly share with me if you know of sources where we can obtain the tissue lamination sheets (acid free). 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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Walk-in-Interview for Library Professional Trainees (2018-19) at IIT Bhubaneswar
by Niranjan Mahapatra 16 Aug '18

16 Aug '18

Library Professional Trainees (2018-19) at IIT Bhubaneswar (Walk-in-Interview) Advt. No. Rectt/Library/01/Non-Acad/2018-19 IIT Bhubaneswar invites applications from Indian Nationals for the following time bound assignment for its Central Library. Name of the Assignment: Library Professional Trainee No. of positions: 04 (Four) Period of Training: Two Years (purely on temporary basis) Stipend: 18,000/- per month consolidated with no additional perk. Educational Qualification: First Class in Masters in Library and Information Science or equivalent from a recognized Institute/University having good academic record. Desirable: Candidates with relevant Computer Knowledge will be preferred. Age Limit: 26 years as on last date of application. Relaxation for SC, ST, & PD category candidates (up to age Limit – 31 years) & OBC (Up to age Limit – 29 years) will be applicable as per Govt. of India rules. Mode of Selection: Interested candidates who meet the above mentioned requirements may apply through ONLINE form by 6th September 2018. After completing the online application, the candidate should take a print out of the completed application and submit the same along with the passport photo and self-attested copies of certificates on the date of walk-in. The candidates are required to come directly for the written & interview without waiting for a call letter. The written test will be in English. Candidates are requested to bring with them the certificates (original & one set of photocopy) in support of date of birth, qualification & category. Those candidates who don't have minimum eligibility qualification and age will not be allowed to seat in written test/interview. For any query/clarification regarding online application, candidates may write to info.library(a)iitbbs.ac.in. No TA/DA will be paid for appearing in the selection process. Nature of Traineeship: Selected trainees will get opportunity to work in various sections of Central Library as well as on emerging tools and technologies in Library and Information field. They will be working in different shifts (as applicable), including morning, evening and late night shifts and also on weekends/ holidays on rotation basis (six day a week). No accommodation facilities will be provided by IIT Bhubaneswar. The positions will be deemed to be automatically terminated at the end of competition of their tenure. Candidates who have appeared for their final year examination and are expecting the results before the written test & interview date may apply, but must produce the final marks sheet at the time of test & interview or at the time of joining, in proof of them having passed the examination in FIRST CLASS without which, on selection, the candidate will not be allowed to join the traineeship. Date of Written test & interview: 8th September 2018 (Saturday) at 10:00am Reporting Time: 8th September 2018 (Saturday) at 9:00am Venue for written test & interview: Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Arugul, Jatni-752050, More details - http://recruitment.iitbbs.ac.in/TraineesIT Bhubaneswar invites applications from Indian Nationals for the following time bound assignment for its Central Library. Name of the Assignment: Library Professional Trainee No. of positions: 04 (Four) Period of Training: Two Years (purely on temporary basis) Stipend: 18,000/- per month consolidated with no additional perk. Educational Qualification: First Class in Masters in Library and Information Science or equivalent from a recognized Institute/University having good academic record. Desirable: Candidates with relevant Computer Knowledge will be preferred. Age Limit: 26 years as on last date of application. Relaxation for SC, ST, & PD category candidates (up to age Limit – 31 years) & OBC (Up to age Limit – 29 years) will be applicable as per Govt. of India rules. Mode of Selection: Interested candidates who meet the above mentioned requirements may apply through ONLINE form by 6th September 2018. After completing the online application, the candidate should take a print out of the completed application and submit the same along with the passport photo and self-attested copies of certificates on the date of walk-in. The candidates are required to come directly for the written & interview without waiting for a call letter. The written test will be in English. Candidates are requested to bring with them the certificates (original & one set of photocopy) in support of date of birth, qualification & category. Those candidates who don't have minimum eligibility qualification and age will not be allowed to seat in written test/interview. For any query/clarification regarding online application, candidates may write to info.library(a)iitbbs.ac.in. No TA/DA will be paid for appearing in the selection process. Nature of Traineeship: Selected trainees will get opportunity to work in various sections of Central Library as well as on emerging tools and technologies in Library and Information field. They will be working in different shifts (as applicable), including morning, evening and late night shifts and also on weekends/ holidays on rotation basis (six day a week). No accommodation facilities will be provided by IIT Bhubaneswar. The positions will be deemed to be automatically terminated at the end of competition of their tenure. Candidates who have appeared for their final year examination and are expecting the results before the written test & interview date may apply, but must produce the final marks sheet at the time of test & interview or at the time of joining, in proof of them having passed the examination in FIRST CLASS without which, on selection, the candidate will not be allowed to join the traineeship. Date of Written test & interview: *8th September 2018 (Saturday) at 10:00am * Reporting Time: 8th September 2018 (Saturday) at 9:00am Venue for written test & interview: Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Arugul, Jatni-752050, More details - http://recruitment.iitbbs.ac.in/Trainees -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reg: SWAYAM (MOOCs) - Library and Information Sciences - online courses - Enrol
by Siva Shankar Kimidi 14 Aug '18

14 Aug '18

Dear Students and Learners: Greetings !!! Indian Government has announced 244 online courses (MOOCs) that will be hosted on SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active –Learning for Young Aspiring Minds) < https://swayam.gov.in/> . Even “Library and Information Science” subject got its presence on SWAYAM to offer the 07 courses through this SWAYAM platform, below is the list of courses which are being offered through SWAYAM MOOCs, 1. Knowledge Society https://swayam.gov.in/courses/5009-knowledge-society 2. Bibliometrics and Scientometrics https://swayam.gov.in/courses/5190-bibliometrics-and-scientometrics 3. Information Storage and Retrieval https://swayam.gov.in/courses/5005-information-storage-and-retrieval 4. Management of Libraries and Information Centres and Knowledge Centres https://swayam.gov.in/courses/5007-management-of-libraries-and-information-… 5. Information Sources System and Services https://swayam.gov.in/courses/5008-information-sources-system-and-services 6. Digital Libraries https://swayam.gov.in/courses/5010-digital-library 7. Information and Communication Technology for Libraries https://swayam.gov.in/courses/5019-information-and-communication-technology… I request all the budding and young library professionals all over in India to enrol for the above courses. As these subjects will be taught to you by eminent subject experts. Come to enrol and participate in the MOOCs environment, gain your knowledge. Best regards -- Regards Siva Shankar K

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Article Request
by Pradeep 14 Aug '18

14 Aug '18

Dear Professionals One of our faculty member require the below mentioned article for reference. " Talking heads vs. virtual workspaces: a comparison of design across cultures " Journal of Information Technology December 1998, Volume 13, Issue 4, pp 259–272 Please provide the full text of the above article. Regards, Pradeep P. National Institute of Design Bengaluru

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Celebration of Librarian’s Day by Odisha Library Academy
by Niranjan Mahapatra 13 Aug '18

13 Aug '18

*Celebration of Librarian’s Day & Seminar on* Drafting a Blueprint for Future Library Development of Odisha * (12th August 2018)* *Organiser*: Odisha Library Academy & Institute of Hotel Management, Bhubaneswar Venue: IHM, Bhubaneswar *Odisha Library Academy:* Odisha Library Academy is the brain child of a group of young dedicated, determined and dynamic Library & Information Science Professionals of Odisha which was launched on 9th August 2015 (Kranti Divas). The Academy was inaugurated in the RMRC Auditorium by the then Vice Chancellor, Utkal University and the Director, RMRC, Bhubaneswar for not only shaping a new identity to the Library Science professionals but alsorejuvenating the Library Movement in the State. The Academy is a nonprofit making professional organization with the following objectives: (i) to give promote Library & Information Science Education & Research in the state of Odisha; (ii) to undertake training and continuing education among library professionals in Odisha for the improvement of status and service conditions of library professionals in the state; (iii) to recommend the Government for appointment, action plan, and the modelcode of conduct for implementation; (iv) to publish Library & Information Sciencebooks and Journals; (v) to pursue Govt. of Odisha for proper implementation of Library Legislation already passed by the Legislative Assembly of Odisha; (vi) toprovide state of art the technology to the students and the professionals through conferences/ seminars/ symposiums /meetings/ discussion. Besides above, Odisha Library Academy has a lot of determinations and assurances. Our assurance to join in Nation building; Our assurance to do best for the betterment of Society; Our assurance to Keep India high at International arena in the field of Library & Information Science. This is our oath in this day. The 3rd Annual day of Odisha Library Academy along with “Librarian’s Day Celebration” has been observed on 12th August 2018 (Sunday)at Institute of Hotel Management, VSS Nagar, BhubaneswarCampus. The Principal Secretary, Odia Language Literature & Culture Department, Government of Odisha, Sri Manoranjan Panigrahy has joined as the Chief Guest and put forth not only his views on the significance of Libraries and Librarians in the Education, Educators, Educational Environment but also the extreme and unlimited role of librarians on the modern educational system. The Principal of Institute of Hotel Management, Mrs. Sarada Ghosh has joined as Guest of Honour addressed the audience. In her speech she emphasized on how the multidimensional work flow of Librarians would act as transporter of the Educational Environment and Cultural Value for the new generation. Prof. Pitambar Padhi gave the Keynote address and emphasized on the status of Odisha Library Legislation. Dr. Banamber Sahoo (RMRC, Bhubaneswar), the President of Odisha Library Academy presided the meeting and the Organising Secretary, Mr. Abinash Dash, Librarian of IHM, Bhubaneswar, gave the welcome address. The inauguration session ended with vote of thanks by the Secretary, Dr. Bibhuti Bhusan Sahoo (IIT, Bhubaneswar). On the eve of this day, a seminar was held on “Drafting a Blueprint for Future Library Development of Odisha”. The speakers, intellectuals and invitees who participated in the seminar put forth their valuable views on boundless role of Library and Information Science. The four technical sessions were presided by Dr. D. B. Ramesh (SOA) with the Rapporteur General Dr. Basudev Mohanty (IOP, Bhubaneswar) and Dr. Satya Ranjan Sahu (IMMT). The day long programme ended with vote of thanks by the Vice-President, OLA, Dr. Kamal Lochan Jena (CET). -- Thanking you, *With best Regards,* *Niranjan MahapatraLibrarian, * *NCDS Bhubaneswar* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CPE funded Three-Day National Workshop on "Creating and Managing Digital Libraries using Eprints" in Collaboration with INFLIBNET Centre and Vellalar College for Women, Tamil Nadu on 06 - 08 September 2018
by Nipul G. Shihora 13 Aug '18

13 Aug '18

Respected Sir/ Madam, Greetings from INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar! CPE funded Three-Day National Workshop on "*Creating and Managing Digital Libraries using Eprints*" in Collaboration with INFLIBNET Centre Gandhinagar and Vellalar College for Women, Erode-12, Tamil Nadu on *06 - 08 September 2018.* *About the Workshop* Eprints is a robust, modular, open source repository system for the management and dissemination of digital content. It is especially suited for digital libraries and archives, both for access and preservation. It has a worldwide user base that includes cultural heritage organizations, universities, business schools, research institutions, national libraries, and government agencies. In this unique workshop, experts of Eprints will cover the fundamentals, installation and customization of Eprints for those who want to use the platform, and address the issues faced by those who are already running Eprints. At the end of the workshop participants will definitely gain more insights and in-depth knowledge on fundamentals of Eprints, installation and customization, and how to enhance the visibility of the documents uploaded in Eprints Repository. *Major Topics* The following major topics will be covered in the workshop: : Basics of Linux (two hours); : IR using Eprints and live installation; : Eprints advanced configuration; : Index generation; : Custom views and item display; : MySQL data security feature; : Bulk metadata Import/Export; : Backup; : Statistics generation; and : Activating Eprints Bazzar. *Resource Persons* Prominent experts from INFLIBNET Centre and Vellalar College for Women, working in the Digital Library and Institutional Repository area. Target Audience Library professionals, information scientists, system administrators, database managers, students and others working in universities/colleges/institutes who are interested in Eprints. A maximum of 50 candidates will be enrolled for the training programme on the First-Come-First-Serve basis. *Pre-requisite* Participants should be interested in establishing repositories for their institutions using Eprints. Duration: Three Days (06 - 08 September 2018) *Venue* The Training programme will be conducted at Vellalar College for Women (Autonomous), Thindal, Erode-638012, Tamil Nadu, India. *Fee* The registration fee is Rs.1200.00 (Rupees One Thousand Two Hundred only) per person without accommodation. Accommodation will be provided to the outside participants in VCW Hostel on minimum payment. It covers the cost of training programme kit containing training materials, Lunch and Refreshments. The payment should be made by NEFT/RTGS to Account Name: THE PRINCIPAL Account Number: 25670100000080 Bank Name: Bank of Baroda Branch: Thindal IFSC Code: BARB0THINDA (Fifth character is Zero) *Registration* The application for registration to the workshop should be submitted online at https://goo.gl/forms/lNMWJUwiYqy83vVT2 Registration fee can be paid through NEFT as per details available on HRD registration page on or before 03 September 2018. *Please visit the following link for more information* *https://goo.gl/NxYM4m <https://goo.gl/NxYM4m> * For participation and more information please do contact raja(a)inflibnet.ac.in For Correspondence please do contact hosamani(a)inflibnet.ac.in -- *सादर धन्यवाद / Thanks and Regards* *निपुल जी. शिहोरा / Nipul G. Shihora* *इनफ्लिबनेट केंद्र / INFLIBNET Centre - (An IUC of UGC)* *इन्फोसिटी, गांधीनगर / Infocity, Gandhinagar - 382 007.* *गुजरात / Gujarat, [image: INDIA]* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- कृपया इस ईमेल मुद्रण से पहले पर्यावरण पर विचार करें। धन्यवाद। / Please consider the environment before printing this email. Thank you. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article Request
by Balraj 13 Aug '18

13 Aug '18

Dear Professional Friends, One of our faculty require the below mentioned article. - When Distance is the Issue: Using Zoom, Cloud Based Video Web Conferencing System: Perspectives, Possibilities & Potential in Higher Education Author Kimberly McCoy, Nova Southeastern University, United States Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, Mar 21, 2016 in Savannah, GA, United States ISBN 978-1-939797-13-1 Please provide the full text of the above article. Thanks & Best Wishes, Balraj Librarian RAK Medical & Health Sciences University United Arab Emirates -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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