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Bits and Bytes Special Lecture Series: E-journal Licensing
by Shivaram Gowda 01 Feb '16

01 Feb '16

Dear Members, You are cordially invited to attend the following lecture organized by NCSI-Net Foundation, Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) and SRELS. Title: From Reading Room Access to Text and Data-mining: A Journey of e-Journal Licensing to Organizations. SPEAKER: Chris C.P.Kluiters PLACE: Lecture Hall, Raman Research Institute, CV Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar, Bengaluru - 560 080 DATE & TIME: Friday, February 12th, 2016 at 4.15 p.m. About Speaker: Chris Kluiters started his career at Elsevier. From various roles in marketing hebecame responsible for the commercial licensing in Europe of Elsevier's e-journals to academic and corporate libraries. The first licenses to organisations such as Tilburg University, The Dutch National Library, The British Library, British Telecom and ICI (now AstraZeneca) were agreements where different elements and clauses need Elsevier Asia-Pacific offices from Singapore, rolling out the ScienceDirect licenses. Upon return to The Netherlands he was managing director for EMBASE and had operational responsibility for building SCOPUS. The last eight years he has worked with Springer, now SpringerNature. He was responsible for the e-products licensing to corporate and health libraries around the world. He participated in various working groups with the Pharmaceutical industry on licensing for Tekst- and Datamining. with warm regards Shivaram BS Treasurer, KALA -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Google+ Collections & Communities for Librarians & Catalogers in 2016
by Salman Haider 30 Jan '16

30 Jan '16

*Google+ Collections & Communities for Librarians & Catalogers in 2016 <http://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/2016/01/google-plus-collections-co…>* http://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/2016/01/google-plus-collections-co… In a new Post on Librarianship Studies & Information Technology <http://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/> Blog Salman Haider <http://salmanhaider.blogspot.com/> writes: Are you on Google+? Do you know all of the Google+ Collections that you can follow and Google+ Communities that you can join for latest updates on Library and Information Science and Library Cataloging? Even if you are not on Google+ this article will present a compelling case for you to join Google+ to be updated of latest happenings in the fields of Library and Information Science and Library Cataloging. In a recent controversial article in the Wall Street Journal … … … Librarianship Studies & Information Technology Blog has compiled a list of some of the top Collections and Communities on Google Plus on different areas of Library and Information Science, Librarianship Studies and Information Technology, and Library Cataloging… … … *Read now complete article:* http://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/2016/01/google-plus-collections-co… Salman Haider www.google.com/+SalmanHaider -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for article
by Ajeesh .M S 29 Jan '16

29 Jan '16

Dear Professionals,One of our faculty need of the following articles, If any library holds below mentioned article. Please help me 1. .Comparative study of municipal solid waste treatment technologies using life cycle assessment method http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF03326132 2.Comparing technologies for municipal solid waste management using life cycle assessment methodology: a Belgian case study http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11367-013-0603-3 <http://ajpregu.physiology.org/content/269/3/R641> 3.A survey of life cycle approaches in waste management http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11367-009-0111-7 Regards, Ajeesh MS _________________________________________________________ Librarian UKF College of Engineering & Technology Parippally,Kollam- Kerala Mobile :+9199468 59641 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fwd: Meet Chris Cormack- KOHA Original Developer at National Conclave
by Poornima Narayana 28 Jan '16

28 Jan '16

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Poornima Narayana* <poornima.narayana(a)gmail.com> Date: Thursday, January 28, 2016 Subject: [LIS-Forum] Meet Chris Cormack- KOHA Original Developer at National Conclave To: Ishwar Goudar <goudarishwar(a)googlemail.com> A correction. It's 'KnowGate' , and not 'Nogate' a 12 th V year project of CSIR which stands for knowledge gate, a 3 module project including the union catalogue of all CSIR knowledge centres. For a detailed information, pl check up with Mr. Dey/Shivaram at ICAST of NAL or Mr. Mukesh Pund at NISCAIR, the coordinator of the project. Regards. Dr. Poornima Narayana. Ex Head, ICAST, NAL On Thursday, January 28, 2016, Ishwar Goudar <goudarishwar(a)googlemail.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','goudarishwar(a)googlemail.com');>> wrote: > Dear Professionals, > > An opportunity of meeting and discussing with Mr Christopher Cormack (New > Zealand), the original developer of KOHA during the forthcoming - > > National KOHA Conclave - A Two Day Event. > Organiser: Informatics India Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore > Dates: 17th-18th Feb 2016 > Venue: Fortune Park JP Celestial, Bengaluru > ( > http://www.fortunehotels.in/hotel/Bengaluru-Fortune_Park_JP_Celestial.aspx > ) > < > http://www.fortunehotels.in/hotel/Bengaluru-Fortune_Park_JP_Celestial.aspx > > > Conclave Website: www.informaticsglobal.com/kohameet > Target Audience: LIS Professionals, Teachers, Digital Librarians, Library > Administrators, etc > > HIGHLIGHTS (Plenaries, Workshop, Panel and Case Studies): > > - Half day Advanced Workshop on KOHA by Chris Cormack > - KOHA, the Road Ahead: A Global View by Chris Cormack > - Eminent speakers from Indian Library Landscape > - High quality and successful KOHA Implementation case studies > - KOHA Wish List and Customisation instances > - Road ahead for KOHA in Indian Context > - Koha as a Collaborative Platform for Indian Libraries - Panel > - Data Migration Issues > - Cloud hosting of KOHA and other LIS Applications > > KOHA in India: > > - More than 1000 installations, popularity and adoption at faster rate > - Most of the Universities in Karnataka either adopted or decided to go > for it. > - Supreme Court has instrcucted all HCs to implement KOHA in their > Libraries > - CSIR has adopted KOHA for its NOGATE Project for Union Catalogue > - ICAR has setup AGRICAT using KOHA > - Delhi Public Library and many in Kerala and West Bengal have adopted > KOHA > - British Council Librariers have switched over to KOHA > - Hundreds of University and College Libraries are seriously thinking of > switching > over to KOHA and are in the process of finding solution for Data > Migration. > Many libraries have already done so both from other Commercial and OSS > > Please mark your calendar and block your dates for this event. For details > and to register your participation visit: > www.informaticsglobal.com/kohameet > > "Access E-Resources for Academic and Research Excellence" > > *- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -* > Dr. I.R.N. Goudar > - Adjunct Professor, Mangalore University > - Visiting Professor Cum Library Adviser > Bangalore University Library, BANGALORE - 560056 > - Ex. Visiting Professor Cum Library Adviser, UoM, Mysore > - Ex. Scientist 'G' and Head, ICAST, NAL, Bangalore > - Ex. Dy Librarian, IITM, Chennai > - Ex. Scientist (Information), IICT, Hyderabad > - Fulbright Scholar, Univ. of Michigan and Columbia Univ, USA (1995-96) > - British Council Scholar (1982-83) > E-mail: goudarishwar(a)gmail.com > Tel: 080-23215510 > Mob: 91+9611165781 (If not reachable pl try land line) > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > >

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A million papers in arXiv
by Subbiah Arunachalam 28 Jan '16

28 Jan '16

Please see < https://confluence.cornell.edu/display/culpublic/arXiv+Update+-+January+2016 > 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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Prof. Russell Bowden is no more
by Jagtar Singh 28 Jan '16

28 Jan '16

Dear All, I feel sad to inform you about the sad demise of Prof. Russell Bowden, Honorary IFLA Fellow, last night. His cremation will take place at 2.00 pm today in Colombo. Jagtar Singh, Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, Patiala -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Meet Chris Cormack- KOHA Original Developer at National Conclave
by Ishwar Goudar 28 Jan '16

28 Jan '16

Dear Professionals, An opportunity of meeting and discussing with Mr Christopher Cormack (New Zealand), the original developer of KOHA during the forthcoming - National KOHA Conclave - A Two Day Event. Organiser: Informatics India Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore Dates: 17th-18th Feb 2016 Venue: Fortune Park JP Celestial, Bengaluru ( http://www.fortunehotels.in/hotel/Bengaluru-Fortune_Park_JP_Celestial.aspx) <http://www.fortunehotels.in/hotel/Bengaluru-Fortune_Park_JP_Celestial.aspx> Conclave Website: www.informaticsglobal.com/kohameet Target Audience: LIS Professionals, Teachers, Digital Librarians, Library Administrators, etc HIGHLIGHTS (Plenaries, Workshop, Panel and Case Studies): - Half day Advanced Workshop on KOHA by Chris Cormack - KOHA, the Road Ahead: A Global View by Chris Cormack - Eminent speakers from Indian Library Landscape - High quality and successful KOHA Implementation case studies - KOHA Wish List and Customisation instances - Road ahead for KOHA in Indian Context - Koha as a Collaborative Platform for Indian Libraries - Panel - Data Migration Issues - Cloud hosting of KOHA and other LIS Applications KOHA in India: - More than 1000 installations, popularity and adoption at faster rate - Most of the Universities in Karnataka either adopted or decided to go for it. - Supreme Court has instrcucted all HCs to implement KOHA in their Libraries - CSIR has adopted KOHA for its NOGATE Project for Union Catalogue - ICAR has setup AGRICAT using KOHA - Delhi Public Library and many in Kerala and West Bengal have adopted KOHA - British Council Librariers have switched over to KOHA - Hundreds of University and College Libraries are seriously thinking of switching over to KOHA and are in the process of finding solution for Data Migration. Many libraries have already done so both from other Commercial and OSS Please mark your calendar and block your dates for this event. For details and to register your participation visit: www.informaticsglobal.com/kohameet "Access E-Resources for Academic and Research Excellence" *- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -* Dr. I.R.N. Goudar - Adjunct Professor, Mangalore University - Visiting Professor Cum Library Adviser Bangalore University Library, BANGALORE - 560056 - Ex. Visiting Professor Cum Library Adviser, UoM, Mysore - Ex. Scientist 'G' and Head, ICAST, NAL, Bangalore - Ex. Dy Librarian, IITM, Chennai - Ex. Scientist (Information), IICT, Hyderabad - Fulbright Scholar, Univ. of Michigan and Columbia Univ, USA (1995-96) - British Council Scholar (1982-83) E-mail: goudarishwar(a)gmail.com Tel: 080-23215510 Mob: 91+9611165781 (If not reachable pl try land line) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Application are invited for the post of Librarian and Assistant Librarian in Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, West Bengal
by Subhodip Bid 28 Jan '16

28 Jan '16

Dear Professional Application are invited for the post of Librarian and Assistant Librarian in Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, West Bengal Name of Post: Librarian, Assistant Librarian (ST) Pay Scales : Librarian: : Rs.37400-67000 with AGP of Rs.10000 Assistant Librarian : Rs.15600-39100 with AGP of Rs.6000. For more details *http://rbu.ac.in/pdf/Officers_advertisement.pdf <http://rbu.ac.in/pdf/Officers_advertisement.pdf>* -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Library & Information Assistant National Library, Kolkata -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Chevening Gurukul scholarship
by Mohan Hr 27 Jan '16

27 Jan '16

Dear all, Pl. find an announcement relating to Chevening Gurukul scholarship and you may like to apply or share the info with your colleagues. With regards HR Mohan Chair, IEEE CS & PCS, Madras Vice Chair, IEEE Madras Section Imm. Past President, CSI +91 9841432179 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: sijoy Thomas Date: Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 5:46 P Subject: Chevening Gurukul scholarship Chevening Gurukul is our flagship programme on leadership excellence. It’s the longest running Chevening programme in India (been there for nineteen years). Applications for 20th programme opened earlier this week. *Please help us promote the programme among your network of contacts. Applications close 7 March 2016. *An e flyer is appended below. Wish you a very happy new year! Regards Sijoy Thomas Regional Adviser British Deputy High Commission 20, Anderson Road, Nungamabakkam Chennai - 6 [image: cid:image001.jpg@01CFCDD9.95E565B0] CHEVENING GURUKUL LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office presents this outstanding twelve week opportunity at the King’s College London. The Chevening Gurukul Programme is the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s flagship fellowship scheme for India and it is aimed at mid-career and high-flying young professionals from diverse backgrounds with a strong and demonstrable leadership potential. Every year twelve selected Gurukul Fellows are offered an intensive, all expenses paid, twelve-week residential course at King’s College London. Programme commences *September 2016* Applications are open from *21 December 2015- 7 March 16* *Gurukul Fellowships <http://www.chevening.org/programme/chevening-gurukul-leadership-programme>* * King’s College London <http://www.kcl.ac.uk/index.aspx>* [image: cid:image003.png@01D00A39.23010F30] *UK government’s global scholarship programme for the best and the brightest* Chevening India Programme is now the largest in the world. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Call for Registration: International Conference on “Big Data & Knowledge Discovery” from 9th – 11th March, 2016 at Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka
by Usashi Chatterjee 27 Jan '16

27 Jan '16

****************************CALL FOR REGISTRATION************************************ Dear Friends, ICBK2016 program enriched by worldwide experts on BigData. Invited and plenary speakers: http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/icbk/speakers Participants will be exposed to the latest developments through lectures and demonstrations with collaboration from ICSU-CODATA, Paris, ICSU-WDS- Tokyo, RDA, Flipkart, IBM-Watson Group, CDAC, GMR among others. Registration are open!!! Thanks & Regards *ICBK2016 Team* Documentation Research and Training Centre Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, 560059 Website: http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/icbk -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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