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Rare Book Request
by Dr. Sandeep Bhavsar 08 Sep '16

08 Sep '16

Dear All Please let me know if you have the copy of below book Mahendra Suri, *Yantraraja, *with the commentary of Malayendu Suri, ed. By Sudhakar Dvivedi with his own commentary, Chandraprabha Press, Kashi, Shaka 1804 (AD 1881-1882). -- Warm Regards Dr. Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian *Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research (AUTONOMOUS)* L Napoo Road | Matunga (CR) | Mumbai- 400 019. Tel: 022-2419 8377 | Mob: 9870 18 9999 Library Portal*: http://elearn.welingkar.org/infowe <http://elearn.welingkar.org/infowe>* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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European funders insist in OA
by Subbiah Arunachalam 08 Sep '16

08 Sep '16

Twenty-seven funders in Europe insist that research outputs arising from research that they fund must be made freely and readily available. Please see <http://europepmc.org/Funders/>. Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Open Science Newsletter: Issue 1 (July- August, 2016)
by Subbiah Arunachalam 08 Sep '16

08 Sep '16

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Arul George Scaria <arul.scaria(a)nludelhi.ac.in> Date: Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 8:17 PM Subject: Open Science Newsletter: Issue 1 (July- August, 2016) To: openscienceteam2016(a)googlegroups.com Cc: Rishika Rangarajan <rishika.rangarajan(a)nludelhi.ac.in>, Kuhuk Jain < kuhuk.jain13(a)nludelhi.ac.in>, Anushka Sachdev < anushka.sachdev13(a)nludelhi.ac.in>, openscience.in(a)gmail.com Dear all, I am really happy to share with you a new *email newsletter, *focusing on open movements within and outside India. Many of you have been kindly sharing many interesting news links/ articles with me and I thought that we could evolve a common platform for broader sharing of interesting/ contemporary news in the areas of open science, open access, open data, open educational resources and related IP issues. This monthly newsletter is a small attempt to create a space for sharing and we will be using the crowd sourcing approach for collecting information for this newsletter. The crowd sourcing approach may also ensure openness and sustainability of this newsletter in the long run. So whenever you see any interesting developments relating to the open movements, please do send those links to openscience.in(a)gmail.com also. Needless to say, proper acknowledgments will be given to all the contributors. Please feel free to forward this newsletter to anyone who is interested. Subscription for this newsletter is open to all and anyone can subscribe to this newsletter by sending an email to openscience.in(a)gmail.com with just the subject line "Subscribe". Future issues of this newsletter will be coming from that email ID and if you do not wish to receive this newsletter, just reply to this email with "No". I take this opportunity to also thank all the open science project team members at CIIPC <http://www.ciipc.org>, particularly Anushka, Kuhuk and Rishika, for making this newsletter a reality! This may not be the most perfect newsletter. But with your critical comments and suggestions, I do hope that we will be able to collectively improve the quality of this newsletter. best regards, arul ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Open Science India <openscience.in(a)gmail.com> Date: 7 September 2016 at 19:34 Subject: Open Science Newsletter: Issue 1 (July- August, 2016) To: arul.scaria(a)nludelhi.ac.in Newsletter: Issue 1 (July- August, 2016) Open Science NASA makes its scientific research and data available for public access https://www.nasa.gov/open/researchaccess/pubspace All the NASA funded research articles and research data will be made available for public access through its online archive PubSpace within one year of publication. However, the policy exempts patents and any material governed by personal privacy, proprietary, or security laws from inclusion in the database. More information can be found here <http://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-just-made-all-the-scientific-research-it-f…>. The detailed Policy can be found here <http://science.nasa.gov/media/medialibrary/2014/12/05/NASA_Plan_for_increas…> . “Reclaim Invention” project launched against patent trolls https://creativecommons.org/2016/08/18/reclaim-invention-benefit-everyone/ Reclaim invention is a project aimed to promote sharing of knowledge within state universities. This project involves preventing universities from selling inventions to patent trolls through a legislation. This legislation requires university technology transfer offices to adopt a policy committing them to manage patent assets in the public interest and voids any agreement to license or transfer a patent to a patent assertion entity. Details of the project can be found here <https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/reclaim-invention>. The draft legislation can be found here <https://www.eff.org/files/2016/08/12/reclaiminventionact-09.txt>. Excel errors discovered in research papers due to open access https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/08/26/an-al arming-number-of-scientific-papers-contain-excel-errors An analysis published in the Genome Biology journal shows that 1 out of 5 scientific papers in the field of genetics contain errors in their gene lists that were attributable to automatic conversions of gene names to things like calendar dates or random numbers by Excel. The papers analysed for this purpose include publications in journals like Nature, Science and PLoS One. Such problems were identified only because these papers were in open access and it is suggested to use R and Python to curb these errors. Open Access Tamil Nadu adopts Creative Commons license https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2 016-08-18/News_and_notes The Tamil Nadu government has issued an order <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GoTN_Tamil_Development_Departments_…> mandating release through creative commons license, certain works published or collected by different government departments and Tamil University. The order includes within its ambit books published by various departments and information from palm leaves, stone carvings and films which are collected by members of various government departments. A rough translation of the order can be accessed here <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F9--s5Eh7auCbH__zUfmXR9ZlrVjtDvo2UlDztf…> . Open Data The US government releases the federal source code policy https://creativecommons.org/2016/08/16/u-s-moves-ahead-limit ed-code-sharing-policy/ The US government has released a federal source code policy <https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/memoranda/2016/m_16_21.p…> to improve access to software codes developed by or for the federal government. The policy mandates release of 20% of custom developed code as Open Source Software (OSS). A critique of the policy can be found here. <https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/08/white-house-source-code-policy-should…> Concordant on Open Research http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/media/news/160728/ Four of the UK’s leading research organisations have proposed certain common principles for working with research data. This is intended to ensure that research data gathered and generated by members of the UK research community is made openly available for use by others wherever possible. New text and data mining copyright exception for researchers to be introduced in EU http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2016/august/eu-planning-t o-introduce-new-text-and-data-mining-copyright-exception- for-research-bodies/ According to the proposals under consideration by EU policy makers, a mandatory text and data mining exception to copyright law might be included in the new EU legislation. Through this process, the Commission is aiming to reduce the transaction costs and legal uncertainties that many researchers face for carrying out text and data mining on content they have lawful access to. In 2014, the UK had introduced a similar exception and the UK legislation can be found here <http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1372/contents/made>. Oil and gas industry ready to join the open source world http://fuelfix.com/blog/2016/08/25/oil-companies-joining-ope n-source-world-by-sharing-data Landmark, a technology unit of the energy services company Halliburton, has decided to unveil a cloud-computing platform that will allow companies to collaborate on developing software to process massive volumes of data they collect on the oil and gas industry. The aim is to provide open access to the code on which the platform is based, which would further allow faster analysis of the data. Analysis of such data has been helping gas companies identify plant problems, avoid shut-downs and also to come up with new ways to extract more oil and gas at lower costs. A document explaining the DecisionSpace data server software can be found here <https://www.landmark.solutions/Portals/0/LMSDocs/Datasheets/Decisionspace-d…> Chicago’s first step towards building a smarter, better city with Array of Things https://news.uchicago.edu/article/2016/08/29/chicago-becomes -first-city-launch-array-things The Array of Things <http://arrayofthings.github.io/> is an urban sensing project that will entail installation of modular sensor boxes around Chicago to serve as a “fitness tracker” by collecting real-time data on the city’s environment, infrastructure, and activity for research and public use. This data will be published openly and free of cost through the Chicago Data Portal <https://data.cityofchicago.org/> so that people can use it to understand their communities and neighborhoods better. U.S. Police department releases policing data http://www.ksla.com/story/32851150/nopd-releases-use-of-force-data Anyone can now have access to New Orleans Police Department’s new policing data on its website <https://public.tableau.com/profile/nola#%21/vizhome/NOPD_UseOfForceIncident…>, 24 hours after the incident, for things like, calls for service, stop and search, and use of force. This is a new initiative for improving transparency. Japan moving towards a ‘smarter city’ with the ‘open data’ project http://readwrite.com/2016/08/29/europe-japan-team-boost-smar t-cities-open-data-project/ Japan has collaborated with EU to take smart cities to the next level with a cloud-based open data platform that will be used as a key foundation that smart cities can be built on. This platform will link big data, Internet of Things (IoT), and cloud computing with Linked Open Data and open government data thereby allowing cities and private firms to develop new applications and services for the public and businesses. More information can be found here <http://readwrite.com/2016/08/29/europe-japan-team-boost-smart-cities-open-d…>. Open Educational Resources Prison education through open educational resources https://campustechnology.com/articles/2016/09/01/non-profit- pilots-delivery-of-offline-oer-for-prisoner-education.aspx "The incarcerated populations in the United States are not being given adequate 21st century skills they need to re-enter society. By leveraging current open-source collections of content and unique offline technologies, we're bringing educational opportunities into a place that was off limits just a few short years ago." World Possible <http://worldpossible.org/vision.html>, a non-profit organisation, plans to use offline digital content for education of prisoners. This prison education technology pilot program will expand the use of RACHEL-Plus, a technology that combines a collection of websites such as Khan Academy <https://www.khanacademy.org/>, Wikipedia <https://www.wikipedia.org/>, CK-12 <http://www.ck12.org/>, GCF learnFree.org <http://www.gcflearnfree.org/>, etc to provide education to the prisoners for free. Student Editors: Anushka Sachdev and Kuhuk Jain Editors: Arul George Scaria and Rishika Rangarajan Our special thanks to Karishma Shrivastava and all other members of the Open Science Project Team at the Centre for Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition <http://www.ciipc.org> (CIIPC) for their excellent inputs for this issue. To ensure openness and sustainability in the long run, we would like this newsletter to be a crowd sourced platform of interesting news on diverse open movements. So if you find any interesting news in the area of open science, open data, open access, open educational resources, open source software or open labs, please send those links to openscience.in(a)gmail.com. Proper acknowledgments will be given to all the contributors. We also welcome your suggestions and comments on this issue. You may send them to openscience.in(a)gmail.com -- Arul George Scaria, Ph.D. [International Max Planck Research School for Competition and Innovation, Munich] Assistant Professor of Law and Co-Director - Centre for Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition (CIIPC) National Law University, Delhi, Sector 14 Dwarka, New Delhi 110078, India. Email: arul.scaria(a)nludelhi.ac.in; arulgs(a)gmail.com Tel:+91 85 2726 2232 http://www.nludelhi.ac.in/pep-fac-new-pro.aspx?Id=46 http://copyx.org/affiliate-faculty/arul-george-scaria/ SSRN Author Page: http://ssrn.com/author=1173057 -- Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009

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Vacancy of University Librarian and Assistant University Librarian in University of Burdwan, Burdwan
by Subhodip Bid 08 Sep '16

08 Sep '16

Name of the Post: University Librarian Number of Vacancy: 1 post [UR] Pay Scale: Rs. 37,400 –67,000 + AGP Rs. 10,000 a. Minimum Eligibility Criteria: i) A Master’s degree in Library Science/Information Science/Documentation with at least 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) and consistently good academic record as set out in UGC Regulations, 2010. ii) At least 13 (thirteen) years of experience as a Deputy Librarian in a University Library or 18 (eighteen) years of experience as a College Librarian iii)Evidence of innovative library services and organization of published work b. Desirable Experiences: A M.Phil/Ph.D. degree in Library Science / Information Science / Documentation / Archives and Manuscript Keeping. Assistant University Librarian No. of Post : 1 [SC] Pay Scale: Rs. 15,600 –39,100 + AGP Rs. 6,000 Qualification : a. Minimum Eligibility Criteria i) A Master’s degree in Library Science/Information Science/Documentation with at least 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) and consistently good academic record with knowledge of computerization of library. ii) Qualifying in the national level eligibility test conducted for the purpose by UGC or any other agency approved by the UGC. iii) However, candidates who are or have been awarded Ph.D. degree in accordance with the “University Grants commission (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of Ph.D. Degree) Regulations 2009” shall be exempted from the recruitment of the minimum eligibility condition of NET/SLET/SET for recruitment or appointment of Assistant University Librarian. For more details http://www.buruniv.ac.in/Notices/REG_2016525_NOT_WEBPAGE.pdf -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata MOB. NO. - 08820604794 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Reg: Project Assistants (03) in Library - I I T Hyderabad
by Siva Shankar Kimidi 08 Sep '16

08 Sep '16

Dear Moderator: Kindly post this in the forum. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Applications for the post of Project Assistant in Library* *Position: Project Assistants (03)* IITHLibrary Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad Description: The 11THLibrary is looking forward to hire the above announced position on temporary basis for a period of 11 months, to strengthen the library services. The candidate will join an innovative team of library who are actively engaged in providing the information services to the user community for their research activities, teaching and learning mission of the institute. Required Qualification: BLiSc/MLISc from an UGC recognized Institution. Familiarity with emerging information technologies and ILMS (any Library Management Software). Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Clear understanding of and commitment to library user services function. Desirable: One or two years working experience in a reputed research or educational institutes. Candidate maximum age as on date of interview should be 28 years. 11THLibrary opens beyond office hours, the selected candidate should be willing to work in shift duty. Please note, that IITH don't have any provision for residential accommodation. Selected candidate have to arrange their own accommodation. *Pay: Rs. 13,500 - Rs. 17,100/-* To apply: Interested candidates possessing the above qualification may send in their latest updated Resume to the email *iithlibrary(a)iith.ac.in <iithlibrary(a)iith.ac.in%20>* or send the application to library address: IITHLibrary, Room No. 320, 3rd floor. Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi, Sangareddy, Medak - 502285. Application Submission: Full consideration given to applications received by *October 21st, 2016.* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Regards Siva Shankar K -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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OA in Europe
by Subbiah Arunachalam 07 Sep '16

07 Sep '16

Friends: Twenty-seven funding agencies in Europe have open access policies whereby papers published by researchers receiving support from them must necessarily be made freely accessible to whoever wants to read them. For details, please see the following two links: http://europepmc.org/Funders/ https://wellcome.ac.uk/news/why-we-have-set-publisher-requirements Best. Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Walk-in-Interview for Selection of Consultant (IT/CS)
by Bijayananda Pradhan 07 Sep '16

07 Sep '16

Dear Sir, Kindly post the following message in your esteemed forum for wide circulation. The Central University of Orissa, Koraput is holding Walk–in–Interview for Central Library on 16th September,2016 at 10.00 Hrs. to engage Consultant (IT/CS) for its Central Library with number of posts and essential qualification as mentioned below:- No. of Posts : 01 Essential Qualification: B.E.(CSE/IT) / B. Tech.(CSE/IT)/Master Degree in Computer Application (MCA) or Master Degree in Library & Information Science and Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application (PGDCA). Desirable: Two year of Experience in the field of Library Automation, Digitisation, Knowledge of Open Source Software Application like E-Prints, D-Space, Fedora, Koha, Joomla, Drupal, OJS, Networking, Server Management and Website Creation, etc. will be considered. Age Limit: 40 Years as on date of advertisement. The standard terms and conditions are as follows:- 1. The post is purely temporary in nature and to be engaged purely on contractual basis for a tenure of one year. 2. The monthly Consolidated Remuneration will be Rs.25,000.00. The engagements will be for the Central Library. 3. No TA/DA will be paid by the University to the candidates appearing for the Interview. 4. The above vacancies are likely to increase or decrease as per requirement at the sole discretion of the University. 5. The University reserves the right to conduct Written Test wherever the circumstances so warrant or may fix criteria to restrict the number of Candidates for Interview to a reasonable limit on the basis of minimum qualification or higher than those prescribed in the advertisement. 6. Interview will be held at Central University of Orissa, Landiguda, Koraput, Odisha – 764 021. The Consultant (IT/CS) engaged will be posted at Central University of Orissa, Koraput. Interested candidates may please Walk-in and report at 09.30Hrs on 16th September, 2016 along with a copy of latest Curriculum Vitae, passport size photograph and original testimonials in support of their age, educational qualification and experience before the Selection Committee. For details about the University please log on to our website ”www.cuo.ac.in“ -- धन्यवाद सादर - विजय Thanking you *With Regards- Bijay* ********************************************** *बिजयानंद प्रधान* *ବିଜୟାନନ୍ଦ ପ୍ରଧାନ**Bijayananda Pradhan* *सेंट्रल यूनिवर्सिटी ऑफ़ उड़ीसा* *Central University of Orissa* *कोरापुट -७६४ ०२०* *Koraput-764 020**Ph : 09437491428, 06852-288207* ********************************************** *P **Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.* *“A library is a place where a person can go and return empty handed, still carrying a lot of things with him/her”* Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary. The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. WARNING: Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ReBlook: The Lectures on PunerMILAN of Ranganathan
by Sunil MV 07 Sep '16

07 Sep '16

Dear LIS Friends, Greetings from MILAN ! On the occasion of quasquicentennial Birthday Celebration of S.R. Ranganathan, the Mysore University Information and Library Science Alumni Network (MILAN) starts a new series of lectures on the works of SRR which have had formidable influence on the growth of library science as an academic field. Born in 1892, Ranganathan, the mathematician-turned-librarian, put India prominently on the world map of library science. But for his contribution, the library profession would not have flourished in India in the foregone century. As students of library science, it is high time to have a re-look in relation to the modern age. There is a growing tendency to dismiss the seminal works of Ranganathan as being obsolete. There is also a large chunk of professional who believe that Ranganathan is more relevant today than ever before. It is the right time to examine his works in this digitally confused era with an intention of drawing new inspiration to move forward. Acting on the need-of-the-hour, MILAN contemplates to run a series of lectures under the title "ReBlook: The Lectures on PunerMILAN of Ranganathan". ReBlook contains the three main elements found in five laws – Reader (R), Book (B) and L (Library). Blook is a new genre of book which emanates from blogs – thus symbolically representing the new generation resource and also the symbiosis between the printed and digital resources. The word Reblook intrinsically contain the concept re-look and thus representing the purpose of the lecture series. The word PunerMILAN is deliberately spelled the way it has been shown to represent the re-meeting of the modern world with Ranganathan and also to represent the alumni association MILAN. The ReBlook series would be launched on 17th September 2016. It is intended that the lectures would be arranged at different places of the country with the help of MILANers and also some local collaborating agencies at various places. It is hoped that this effort of MILAN will re-sensitize the call for serious research into Ranganathan’s contributions. Requesting your suggestions, views and collaboration in this initiative. Regards, Dr. Sunil M.V. Secretary, MILAN and Librarian Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD) No. 1, Chamundi Hill Main Road, Siddharthanagar Post, Mysore - 570 011, INDIA Mobile: 99864 39832 | Telephone: 0821-2429722 Extn: 3006 * Please consider your environmental responsibility before printing this e-mail* -- 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] Non-receipt of LIS-Forum mails
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 06 Sep '16

06 Sep '16

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Non-receipt of LIS-Forum mails From: "eswara reddy Deva" <devaereddy(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, September 5, 2016 11:22 pm To: mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear All, I prefer to differ with Dr K S Raghavan quoting Professor Neelameghan about Dr Ranganathan's discouragement of observation of his birthday celebration . I may recall that When Sri A C Deve Gowda was the president of Mysore Library Association (now KSLA) in early 1970s (Sri Vikunta Baliga was the speaker of Mysore Legislative Assembly ) there was a move to celebrate the National Library Week coinciding with the birthday of Ranganathan. Ranganathan was very much alive that time. However, the Calcutta group more importantly (it was rumored) the then heads of National Library and INSDOC succeeded in deciding November 2nd week as National Library week. The Hyderabad based Academy of Library Science and Documentation (ALSD) started Librarians Day celebration in late 1970s and others followed the suit till today. Professor Neelameghan was very much aware of it. Best regards, D.B.Eswara Reddy Texas A&M University ,USA -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [ mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in <lis-forum-bounces(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>] On Behalf Of mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Sent: Monday, September 05, 2016 2:20 AM To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Non-receipt of LIS-Forum mails Dear Members, Please refer my posting on the above subject matter dated 25 Aug 2016. The archived copy of that message can be accessed at http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/pipermail/lis-forum/2016-August/020020.html As reported in my communication, many of us who have registered with LIS-Forum with personal IDs, were having issues in receiving mails from LIS-Forum. Since about a week or so, I have stated receiving lis-forum mails on my personal Gmail ID. I have cross-checked with few other members, and they, too, have confirmed that they are now receiving lis-forums on the their personal IDs. I am forwarding an important posting dated 11 August 2016 by Dr. K.S. Raghavan clarifying Dr. Ranganathan's birthday. This post was circulated on lis-forum on the 11th August, but during that period, there were some issues in the relaying of lis-forum mails to personal IDs, it is, therefore, being circulated again. Best, Francis Francis Jayakanth Moderator, LIS-Forum ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Dr. Ranganathan's birthday From: mailman(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Date: Sat, August 13, 2016 1:48 pm To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2016 04:43:29 +0000 From: K.S. Raghavan <ksragav at hotmail.com> In the last few days I have seen quite a few postings on LIS Forum and other channels on the subject of Dr. Ranganathan's birthday. Dr. Ranganathan's actual date of birth is 9th August; In the official records his date of birth is shown as 12th August. At the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science the practice was to observe the birthday on any day between 9th and 12th August. However, 12th August has been officially declared as Librarians' day. Prof. Neelameghan had once told me that Dr. Ranganathan did not approve of any function / celebrations even on his birthday. But mortals that we are, we need something to ring the bell and wake us up from slumber and I believe that the celebrations are purely for that purpose. Let us remember that library / information service is a support service so that some one who is our customer is able to carry out his task in a more effective and efficient manner. Let us not forget what Dr. Ranganathan preached and practised. It certainly should not be that we celebrate his birthday and forget his ideals the next day ! Let us put an end to this debate and focus on what needs to be done. Wishing all LIS Professionals a happy Librarians' Day. Regards K. S. Raghavan Member-Secretary, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science K. S. Raghavan Visiting Scientist Centre for Knowledge Analytics & Ontological Engineering (KAnOE) PES University 100 Feet Ring Road, BSK 3rd Stage Bengaluru 560085

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TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES: Assistant Librarian
by Paramjit Singh 06 Sep '16

06 Sep '16

TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES V.N. Purav Marg, Deonar, Mumbai 400 088 Assistant Librarian (1 Post for GENERAL) – Pay Band Rs.15600-39100, AcademicGrade Pay Rs.6000.Essential Qualification/Experience:3i) A Master’s Degree in Library Science / Information Science / Documentation Scienceor an equivalent professional degree with at least 55% marks (or an equivalent gradein a point scale wherever grading system is followed) and a consistently goodacademic record with knowledge of computerization of library/Digital LibraryManagement.ii) Qualifying in the national level test conducted for the purpose by the UGC or anyother agency approved by the UGC.iii) However, candidates, who are, or have been awarded Ph.D. degree in accordance withthe “University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Awardof Ph.D. Degree), Regulations 2009, shall be exempted from the requirement of theminimum eligibility condition of NET/SLET/SET.iv) Preference will be given to candidates with PG Diploma in Digital Library or PGDiploma in Library Automation & Networking. <https://www.tiss.edu/uploads/files/DetailedAdvtTeachingNonTeachingAugust201…> -- Thanks & Regards *S Paramjit Rana <https://in.linkedin.com/in/s-paramjit-singh-8aa1238> | **Librarian * <https://in.linkedin.com/in/s-paramjit-singh-8aa1238>| M.A., M. Phil. Tel. +91 9968 308970, 9911 270778 *"Vidya Vichari Ta Parupkari"* *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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