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Public libraries in an Internet age
by Subbiah Arunachalam 02 Sep '15

02 Sep '15

What is happening to public libraries? In the US, they are increasingly becoming public and democratic spaces says a programme in Michigan Public Radio. http://michiganradio.org/post/public-library-internet-age-series-michigan-r… We should aim at such transition in our country too, but at a pace our different communities can adopt. In cities and large towns the transition can be faster than in rural communities. But we should make special efforts to carry along rural communities. I was in Coimbatore a few weeks ago. There the R S Puram public library has a section for people with different disabilities. At the time I visited, there were about ten visually challenged people. Some were using audio books - regular books converted to audio in house. All of them are adept at NVIDIA technology. A couple of volunteers were doing the conversion. A library assistant was helping an autistic child do a puzzle with blocks. The whole section was well organized and the person in charge - himself visually challenged - was very good and ready to help the users. I was very happy that day. They told me that they conducted a 5-day workshop for the visually challenged a few weeks before I visited the library. An expert was invited from Chennai Anna Centenary Library to conduct the workshop and he teamed up with the local expert. The five-day workshop for twenty participants cost them about Rs 60,000/- That I thought was good value for money. Actually I had a chance to speak to some of the participants and I found they had really benefited. Now, what we need is, to replicate such experiences in a very large number of public libraries. Best wishes. 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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For academic librarians
by Subbiah Arunachalam 02 Sep '15

02 Sep '15

Academic and research librarians may find this useful: http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2015/09/academic-libraries/closing-gap-librari… 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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Libraries and net neutrality
by Subbiah Arunachalam 02 Sep '15

02 Sep '15

Sumandro: US library organizations support net neutrality. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/257510/libraries-seek-to-supp… Best. Arun Libraries Seek To Support Net Neutrality Rules In Court Battle - by Wendy Davis <http://www.mediapost.com/publications/author/3220/wendy-davis/> @wendyndavis <http://www.twitter.com/wendyndavis>, Yesterday, 2:22 PM - Four organizations representing libraries are seeking to side with the Federal Communications Commission in a battle over the agency's new net neutrality rules, including the ban on paid fast lanes. "Without rules banning paid prioritization, libraries would be significantly hampered in efforts to provide the most vulnerable populations with access to content and services on the Internet," the American Library Association, Association of College and Research Libraries, Association of Research Libraries, and Chief Officers of State Library Agencies write in court papers filed on Tuesday. The groups are asking the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals for permission to file a friend-of-the-court brief in a lawsuit brought by the US Telecom Association, AT&T and other broadband providers against the FCC. The cable and telecoms have asked the appellate court to invalidate the rules. The American Library Association and other library organizations say they intend to argue that the rules are "necessary to protect the mission and values of libraries and their patrons." The net neutrality regulations, which took effect earlier this year, prohibit broadband providers from throttling or degrading content and from charging companies higher fees for faster delivery. The rules also contain a “general conduct” provision that broadly prohibits carriers from unreasonably impeding consumers and content providers from reaching each other. The FCC said it will take a case-by-case approach to evaluating whether a particular practice --including pay-per-byte billing models -- violates that general conduct standard. Broadband providers and groups that support them, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, say the appellate court should invalidate the rules. Among other arguments, they say the general conduct standard is too vague. But the library organizations counter that the general conduct provision "is necessary to ensure that the FCC has the authority to protect the openness of the Internet against future harms that cannot yet be defined." Earlier this month, the trade group Internet Association -- which counts Amazon, eBay, Google, Facebook as members -- said that it intended to file a friend-of-the-court brief in support of the net neutrality rules. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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#Personal#: SoFerence 2015 - 3rd National Conference 21 Nov 2015 @ Hyderabad: a Place to Make a Difference
by Nagappa B 02 Sep '15

02 Sep '15

Dear Professional Friends, Greetings!!! Information Resource Centre of Tata Consultancy Services, Hyderabad in collaboration with Academy of Library Science and Documentation (ALSD), Hyderabad is organizing one day conference titled SoFerence 2015: 3rd National Level Social Conference on Success Stories, Learnings, Creativity, Case Studies, Best Practices and Failures in LIS and related areas on 21st November 2015 at Hyderabad. Theme: Case studies, success stories and learnings on the following topics are invited: - Surveys on using open source software like Koha, Evergreen, Drupal, Joomla in Libraries - Cost analysis of using open source software - Large scale surveys on use of eBooks/ eJournals/web based services - Library staff satisfaction and competency levels - Quality of students passing out of LIS Schools - Use of mobile applications, tablets and ereaders in Libraries - Use of social media, cloud computing for delivering library services - Analytics/Big Data opportunities for library professionals Call for Papers: Unpublished and original papers on the above theme are invited. Papers will be accepted after thorough plagiarism check for stage presentation. Further, based on the participant's feedback and editorial advice, papers will be selected for the publication in SoFerence Proceedings (to be published after the event as a print/ebook with ISBN). Authors to follow the below guidelines, otherwise paper may not be considered for presentation: Who Can Participate? LIS Professionals, Students, Research Scholars, Content Managers, Information Managers, Publishers, ECM and KM Professionals, Academicians and others. Important Dates: Last date for completed paper submission: October 30, 2015 Last date for registration: October 30, 2015 Notification of Paper acceptance for presentation closes on: November 10, 2015 Registration Fee : Working Professionals: Rs. 500/- Retired Professionals/ALSD members: Rs. 400/- Students : Rs. 300/- Registration fee includes Conference Kit, Tea, Lunch & Conference proceedings (print or e-book to be sent after publication) Registration is limited to 200 participants (including authors on first come, first served basis).‎ It does not include any accommodation facilities hence participants are requested to make their own arrangements The completed registration form (download from https://sites.google.com/site/soference15) along with the registration fee in the form of Cheque/DD in favour of "Academy of Library Science and Documentation (ALSD)", payable at Hyderabad should send to: Registration Committee-SoFerence 2015, C/o Information Resource Centre, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. 1, Software Units Layout, HiTech City, Madhapur, Hyderabad – 500081 and email cheque details to soference(a)gmail.com. More details available @ https://sites.google.com/site/soference15 Email: soference(a)gmail.com With Best Regards K V Satyanarayana Organizing Secretary - SoFerence 2015 ******************************* With Best Regards Dr. Nagappa Bakkannanavar Head | Information Resource Centre | Tata Consultancy Services Pioneer Building, International Tech Park | Padandhur Agrahara | Whitefield Road | Bangalore - 560 066 | Karnataka | India Ph:- +91 80 67251330 | Buzz:- 4851330 / 4224 | Cell:- 91-8147001193 Mailto: nagappa.b(a)tcs.com | To know more about Bangalore IRC Resources, Services & Offerings, click on the below link: https://knowmax.ultimatix.net/sites/IRC-corpfn/BranchIRC/Home_Bangalore/def… ____________________________________________ Experience certainty. IT Services Business Solutions Consulting ____________________________________________ =====-----=====-----===== Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. Thank you -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for full-text paper
by mandhirasalam m 02 Sep '15

02 Sep '15

DearSir/Madam, Thefollowing paper is urgently required for the research purpose of one of ourfaculty. Experimentalinvestigation of cyclic variation of combustion parameters in a catalyticallyactivated two stroke SI engine combustion chamber by N Nedunchezhian, S Dhandapani, SAE Technical Paper, 1999. If anyone have the softcopy or the access to the full-text, please mail it to me to help our faculty. Thanks and with Kind Regards, Dr.M.Mandhirasalam Librarian Coimbatore Institute of Technology(Government Aided Autonomous Institution) Coimbatore - 641 014 Tamilnadu, India. E-mail: mandhra_m(a)yahoo.co.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Iranian National Library
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 02 Sep '15

02 Sep '15

From: "Subbiah Arunachalam" <subbiah.arunachalam(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, September 1, 2015 5:24 pm I am amazed at the richness of the Iranian National Library as well as their plans. http://en.mehrnews.com/news/109683/Natl-library-plans-to-improve-ties-with-… Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009

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Fwd: Contemporary look to Nehru Memorial Museum & Library
by sheshagiri kulkarni 02 Sep '15

02 Sep '15

Dear All, Today I read an article in Economics Times, Contemporary look to Nehru Memorial Museum & Library. Read more at: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/48765306.cms?utm_source=con… <http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/48765306.cms?utm_source=con…> Best regards, Sheshagiri Kulkarni -- 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 Rajesh K 02 Sep '15

02 Sep '15

Dear Professionals, Dear Professionals, Does anyone have access to the full text of the following article? If yes, please send me soon as it is being urgently required by one of our Research Scholar. On the number of limit cycles for three dimensional Lotka-Volterra systems link https://aimsciences.org/journals/displayArticles.jsp?paperID=3879 Your’s sincerely, Rajesh K Library Assistant National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS)IISc Campus, Bengaluru-560012 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fulltext article Request
by Mamtha's Gmail 02 Sep '15

02 Sep '15

Dear Friends, One of our Postgraduate student is interested to get the fulltext of the following articles. Kindly pl send the soft copy if available at your library. 1. Neurophysiological classification and sensitivity in 500 Carpal Tunnel Syndrome hands/ Padua L, LoMonaco, M, Gregori B, et al. *Acta Neurologica Scandinavica 1997 (October); 96 (4) : 211-17* - *Thank you & Regards* *Mrs Mamatha P. Kumar* *Chief Librarian* *Central Library* *Yenepoya University* *Yenepoya University **|** University Road, Deralakatte **|** Mangalore 575018 **|** Karnataka **|* * India*T: +91 824 22046668/69/70 *|* Extn 310 *|*F: +91 824 2204667 *|* www.yenepoya.edu.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Birthday Greetings from LIS Fraternity,
by Ashok Asundi 02 Sep '15

02 Sep '15

To all professionals, Hundreds of well wishers of mine have sent me birthday greetings Via various SN. I heartily reciprocate their Greetings and Wishes, and for having given me their due for the service of the profession. I pray Almighty to bestow his blessings on me to serve the profession still better for the satisfaction of the majority. With hearty greetings and thanks Prof. A.Y.AsundiProfessor and Chairman (Ret.)Department of Library and Information Scienceand Officer in charge,Bangalore University,Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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