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Post advertised for University Librarian & Deputy Librarian at SNDT Women's University Mumbai
by vrushali r rane 19 Dec '14

19 Dec '14

Dear Moderator Please announce on LIS forum. Applications are invited for the post of University Librarian and Deputy Librarian at SNDT Women's University. Please check website for details. www.sndt.ac.in Vrushali RaneSNDT  -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Workshop - Dspace - Bharathidasan University
by Dr. R. Balasubramani 18 Dec '14

18 Dec '14

Dear LIS Professionals, Greetings from Department of Library and Information Science, Bharathidasan University I feel great pleasure in inviting you to UGC sponsored one day National Workshop on DSpace: An Open Source Software for Digital Library Initiatives , 10th January 2015 WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES The objectives of the workshop is - To know about Open Source Software and its applications in Libraries - To provide background knowledge on Institutional Repositories/Digital libraries/ETDs - To know about Dspace work flow, Installation and customization of DSpace - To develop Digital Collection - To offer hands on experience in using Dspace Software Target Group Library and Information Science Professionals, Research Scholars and Students. REGISTRATION FEES LIS Professionals Rs.200/- LIS Students & Scholars Rs.100/- Kindly confirm your participation by sending a mail to bdulib(a)gmail.com on or before January 8, 2015 and Registration can be paid on the spot. *We have only limited seats available (40 Seats) so the Registration will be on first come first serve basis, hurry to confirm your seats. **No TA/DA will be paid to the participants.* Contact DETAILS: Organising Secretaries Dr. R.Balasubramani Dr. B. Jeyapragash Assistant Professors Department of Library and Information Science, Bharathidasan University Tiruchirappalli – 620024 e-mail: bdulib(a)gmail.com Cell: 9994889426 & 9944981455 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: [ACQUIS-L] "Libraries as Publishers" ACD Call for Papers on IFLA's Website!
by Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar 17 Dec '14

17 Dec '14

From:Jérôme FRONTY [mailto:jerome.fronty@wanadoo.fr] Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 12:04 PM To: ACQUIS-L Subject: [ACQUIS-L] "Libraries as Publishers" ACD Call for Papers on IFLA's Website! Importance: High At the following link: http://conference.ifla.org/ifla81/node/1005 Call for PapersAcquisition and Collection Development Section Theme: Libraries as Publishers IFLA's Acquisitions and Collection Development Section invites you to submit a proposal for its open programme at the 81st IFLA World Library and Information Congress to be held in Cape Town South Africa, 15-21 August 2015. Session themeIn its 2015 Open Programme, IFLA's Section on Acquisitions and Collection Development Section will begin to explore the topic of "Libraries as Publishers" and envisions an expanded version of this topic (including case studies) for its 2016 Satellite Meeting. We are seeking 5-6 thoughtful, high quality papers of 10-15 minutes each, addressing the following types of strategic and overview aspects. The goal is to present this emerging strategic topic in a global setting. We invite librarians and publishers to submit in the following areas: * What is library publishing? What types of libraries are publishing? * Why - what issues are libraries addressing and how are these being solved? * Relationship of library publishing to collection development activities * Content – what is being published? * Business models in use – what types and with what success? How can libraries sustain such efforts financially? * Artifact models - what new formats/entities/things can be published? Submission GuidelinesFull abstracts (in any of IFLA's official languages) of up to 500 words should be submitted for review by members of the Section. The abstracts (and finished presentation) will be original, previously unpublished work. Please submit abstracts as an attachment in MS Word to:Ann Okerson Email: aokerson(a)gmail.com The deadline for submitting a detailed abstract, including title and full author details (name, professional affiliation, postal address, email address) is 28 February 2015.Selection of papers by is based on the abstract, and presenters will be notified whether they have been successful by 1 April 2015. Completed papers must be submitted no later than 1 June 2015. It is understood that authors of successful papers will deliver them in person at the IFLA Congress in Cape Town, at the author's own expense. In accordance with IFLA's Open Access Statement all papers presented at the WLIC 2015 will be available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. Authors of submitted papers will need to sign IFLA’s Author form. The papers and presentations will be made available through the IFLA Library. Important Dates28 February 2015 Submission of abstract 1 April 2015 Notification to authors 1 June 2015 Submission of full text We eagerly look forward to your contributions!Submissions All proposals must be in before 28 February 2015. Please noteAll expenses, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation etc., are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by IFLA, but a special invitation can be issued to authors. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Submit Your OR2015 Proposal: Conference System Now Open
by Imma Subirats 17 Dec '14

17 Dec '14

*Apologies for cross-posting* FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 15, 2014 The Tenth International Conference on Open Repositories, OR2015, will be held June 8-11, 2015 in Indianapolis (Indiana, USA). The organizers are pleased to invite you to contribute to the program. The conference theme is LOOKING BACK, MOVING FORWARD: OPEN REPOSITORIES AT THE CROSSROADS. It is an opportunity to reflect on and to celebrate the transformative changes in repositories, scholarly communication, and research data over the last decade. More critically, however, it will also help to ensure that open repositories continue to play a key role in supporting, shaping, and sharing those changes and an open agenda for research and scholarship. The organizers invite you to review the full call for proposals here: http://www.or2015.net/call-for-proposals/, and to submit your proposal here: https://www.conftool.com/or2015/ by January 30, 2015. There are several different formats provided to encourage your participation in this year's conference, all described on the OR2015 website. CODE OF CONDUCT The Open Repositories Steering Committee is pleased to announce the release of the new OR Code of Conduct http://www.or2015.net/code-of-conduct/. The OR Code of Conduct underscores the OR Conference core value of openness by providing a welcoming and positive experience for everyone, whether they are in a formal session or a social setting, or are taking part in activities online. KEY DATES 30 January 2015: Deadline for submissions and Scholarship Programme applications 27 March 2015: Submitters notified of acceptance to general conference 10 April 2015: Submitters notified of acceptance to Interest Groups 8-11 June 2015: OR2015 conference The conference system is now open and is linked from the conference web site: http://www.or2015.net/ We look forward to welcoming you to Indianapolis! --------------------- Program Co-Chairs Holly Mercer, University of Tennessee William J Nixon, University of Glasgow Imma Subirats, FAO of the United Nations contact: or15-program-chairs(a)googlegroups.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Spot Registration for TMALDEN-2014 at Jain University
by mailman＠ncsi.iisc.ernet.in 17 Dec '14

17 Dec '14

Date: Tue, December 16, 2014 10:09 pm To: lis-forum(a)ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Dear All, It gives an immense pleasure to invite you all for the National Conference on "Trends in Management of Academic Libraries in Digital Environment (TMALDEN-2014)" organized by Jain University, Bangalore on 19-20 December 2014. Thanks to all the professional friends for contributing research papers. The conference will be inaugurated by Professor V G Talawar, Vice Chancellor, Reva University; Key note address by Professor, T D Kemparaju, Directorate of Distance Education, Bangalore University; and speech by noted speakers- A Y Asundi, I R N Goudar, Dr. R B Gaddagimath, Dr. Rama Patnaik and V L Kalyan. We also have invited Plenary Speakers- Dr. Gopa Kumar, Librarian, Goa University; Dr. Sreenivas Raghavan, Professor, Bharathiar University and Anand Byrappa, Global Leader, GE India Technology Centre. The Chairpersons for this event are- Dr. Ramaraj Urs, RGIHS; Dr. Nagappa B, Tcs;Dr. Jayaram Naik, Prof. Khaiser Nikham and Dr. Mallinath Kumbar, Mysore University. Conference date: 19th & 20th December 2014, Friday& Saturday. Venue:Second Floor Seminar Hall- 3 School of Commerce and Managementk, Bangalore Jain Knowledge Campus, District Fund Road Jayanagar 9th Block, Bangalore- 560 069. Bus Route: 18, 25, 25A, 25B, 25C, 25D, 25E, 25F Alighting Place: Jayanagar 9th Block I will be happy to see and receive you all in Jain University, Namma Bengaluru With Warm Regards, Meeramani N Organizing Secretary- TMALDEN 2014 Librarian Jain University 44/4, District Fund Road Behind Big Bazar, Jayanagar 9th Block Bangalore- 560 069 Ph: 080 43430920 Mob: 9845500343 E-Mail: n.meeramani(a)jainuniversity.ac.in

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Invitation for one day hands on training workshop on " Innovative and Emerging Technology Tools and Techniques for Effective Librarianship" on 24th January 2015 at Kohinoor Business School, Kurla, Mumbai
by Ravindra Mendhe 16 Dec '14

16 Dec '14

*Dear LIS Professionals,* Greeting from Kohinoor Business School!!! On behalf of KBS I feel immense pleasure in inviting you to one day hands on training workshop on *“Innovative and Emerging Technology Tools and Techniques for Effective Librarianship”* to be held on *24th January 2015, at Kohinoor Business School campus, Mumbai"* We all chant the mantra of being “lifelong Learning”, In 21st century librarians must know about Blogs, wikis, Websites, Google apps, twitter, other social networking and web 2.0 technology for operating library of the future generation of Y. I am attaching a detailed brochure for your perusal, Due to the limited registrations we request you to please send the duly filled in registration form and fees at the earliest. I request you to kindly confirm your participation by 12th Jan.2015 Thanks, For details Pl. Contact to ; *Jayashri Mawale* *Librarian* Kohinoor Business School Ph.No. 022 67887700 Email: jayashri.mawale(a)kbs.ac.in http://kohinoor.edu.in/ http://library.kohinoor.edu.in/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for articles
by Gopakumar Velayudhanpillai 16 Dec '14

16 Dec '14

Dear friends One of our faculty member wants the following articles. Can anybody help me in providing it. 1. Harvard Educational Review - Lipsky and Gartner ( 1996) Inclusion, School Restructuring, and the Remaking of American Society 2. Moving towards Inclusive practices  Burstein, N.; Sears, S.; Wilcoxen, A.; Cabello, B.; Spagna, M Remedial and Special Education, V 25 No. 2 p104-116 Mar 2004 3. A critical and contextual aproach to inlcusive educaiton Perspectives from an indian contextl: International Journal of Inclusive Education.Volume 18, Issue 12, December 2014, pages 1219-1236 Dr GOPAKUMAR V. University Librarian,Goa University Taleigao Plateau, Goa. PIN 403 206 gopakumar.v(a)rediffmail.com Office Phone: 08326519012 Mobile No: 09447056713 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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UNESCO and OA
by Subbiah Arunachalam 16 Dec '14

16 Dec '14

Friends Richard Poynder, the British technology writer, recently spoke to Mr Indrajit Banerjee of UNESCO on their policy on open access. Please see < http://poynder.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/the-open-access-interviews-dr-indraji… > and the more detailed 19-page interview <http://www.richardpoynder.co.uk/UNESCO_Interview.pdf>. Best wishes. Arun -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Request for feedback on Stock Verification, Loss of Books and Weeding out in Libraries.
by Ashok Asundi 16 Dec '14

16 Dec '14

Dear LIS Professionals, I am coming out with a very comprehensive book of SV, Loss of Books and Weeding out policies and procedures in Indian Libraries. It would also be rather a comparative study. I have also collected about 20 documents relating to the above subjects which includes Government orders (State and Central) Recommendations (Associations) and Orders issued by Government departments and so on. In order to make is more realistic and to impress upon the authorities that be, to evolve some policies and procedures especially on Weeding Out (that doesn't exist so far as I know) and also some concrete proposals on other related subjects. I have small number of questions enumerated below. Pl. spare few minutes time to answer them as a feedback to the queries. 1. Do you undertake SV in your library and how frequently? Who is assigned the work. Librarian or the Institution Staff? 2. Do you have Writing off policy. If not how the loss is reckoned. Is library staff held responsible? 3. Do you know the GOI Order (Amendment to Central Finance Code) of 1984. If yes did the same in incorporated in the State and/or Central Finance Rules 4. Do you undertake Weeding of collection? If yes do you have any policy or procedure in this regard.5. If you have weeded in the last 5 years what is the strength and what is procedure to dispose the weeded books or other documents. 6. Do you possess any order or a document recommending or criterion on writing off loss of books (Permissible loss) from your institution's library. 7. Any other information that would like to share and confidence will be maintained in this context. Thanks in anticipation and hope I get a quick reply to my simple queries. Yours Truly Prof.A.Y.AsundiProfessor and Chairman (Ret.)Department of Library and Information Science and Officer in charge, IT CentreBangalore University, Bangalore - 560056.alternative email: shashi.asundi1940(a)gmail.comCell: 9980815468 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: [Asis-l] Nominations for ASIS&T SIG-III InfoShare Membership Award I -- Students (Deadline: December 31, 2014)
by Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar 16 Dec '14

16 Dec '14

On Tuesday, December 16, 2014 12:41 AM, Selenay Aytac <Selenay.Aytac(a)liu.edu> wrote: On behalf of the ASIS&T International Information Issues Special Interest Group (SIG-III) *** Please excuse cross posting *** Dear Colleagues, The ASIS&T International Information Issues Special Interest Group (SIG-III) is pleased to announce that for 2015 we will be able to sponsor another group of deserving information professionals from developing countries for complimentary ASIS&T memberships (the financial burden of which would otherwise be prohibitive). We are soliciting nominations of candidates for the InfoShare Membership Award. The award will be given to master and/or PhD students. Please include a one-page curriculum vitae and a one-page description of why this person is deserving of membership, including their willingness to promote ASIS&T within their networks and build relationships between ASIS&T and the national/regional organizations. Awardees will be decided by a vote of the SIG-III officers. All curricula vitae will be kept private, accessible only to SIG-III officers. Each membership award will be for one year, with the possibility of renewal for a second year if the new member proves to be a strong advocate for ASIS&T in their home country during the course of the year. Awardees will be asked to submit a report on their activities by next year's Annual Meeting, which may include, but are not limited to: a. sharing ASIS&T publications that they receive (the Bulletin of ASIS&T and JASIS&T) with other colleagues b. promoting the SIG-III paper contest among their colleagues c. serving as a contact/coordinator for ASIS&T members traveling to their area who may be able to speak about ASIS&T and information science d. having the ability to strengthen the relationships between ASIS&T and the national/regional organizations, and e. sponsoring lectures on information science topics in their area on behalf of ASIS&T Nominators can mentor the award recipients for the above activities. We look forward to welcoming new members to ASIS&T from across the globe, especially from countries that have never been ASIS&T members or have limited ASIS&T membership. Women, minority, and candidates from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. Please feel free to circulate the Call in your professional networks (e.g., your alma mater listservs, professional contacts at IFLA, OCLC, international organizations, practitioner groups, academic institutions, etc.). Please send your nominations of deserving candidates to Selenay Aytac (selenay.aytac(a)liu.edu) or Christine Hagar (christine.hagar(a)sjsu.edu) The deadline for submitting nominations is December 31st 2014. Thank you! Selenay Aytac and Christine Hagar InfoShare Program, SIG-III, ASIS&T (Visit us at: https://www.asis.org/SIG/iii.html) ________________________________________ Asis-l mailing list Asis-l(a)asis.org http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/asis-l -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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