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Call for Posters: IFLA 2015 in Cape Town, South Africa
by Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar 17 Oct '14

17 Oct '14

IFLA World Library and Information Congress & 81st IFLA General Conference and Assembly Date: 15-21 August 2015, Cape Town, South Africa Are you involved in an interesting project or in an area of work that you would like to discuss with or show to other congress attendees? Why not present your work in the IFLA Poster Sessions? The deadline is 2 February 2015, after the deadline applications will no longer be accepted. A jury representing the IFLA Professional Committee will review all submissions and at the congress they will select the winner of the IFLA Poster 2015 based on the criteria below. More details from http://conference.ifla.org/ifla81/call-posters Questions? Please contact posters(a)ifla.org Posted by ---------- Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar, Manager, Collections & Information Services, University Library, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, http://libguides.kaust.edu.sa/ http://library.kaust.edu.sa/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Five Great Things About the Library of Congress
by Jayadev P Hiremath 17 Oct '14

17 Oct '14

October 10, 2014|Maura Gillespie Today marks the 200th anniversary <http://history.house.gov/HistoricalHighlight/Detail/35613> of the resolution that permitted Congress to purchase Thomas Jefferson’s book collection to create a new Library of Congress (LOC). After the British burned the White House, U.S. Capitol, and Library of Congress in August of 1814, the rebuilding process required replacing the collection. The resolution passed and Congress purchased Jefferson’s books for just $23,950. To honor this important anniversary, here are five great things you may not know about the Library of Congress: 1) *Veterans History Project*. Through the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, the Veterans History Project <http://www.loc.gov/vets/> welcomes stories and personal accounts of American war veterans from World War I to the present conflicts our troops face today. To date, Speaker Boehner, representing Ohio’s Eighth District, has contributed 172 interviews <http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/search?query=%2Bboehner> from his constituents to the Veterans History Project, one of which was with Colonel Tom Moe <http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp-stories/loc.natlib.afc2001001.81770/>, the former Director for the Ohio Department of Veterans and a POW of the Vietnam War. Through this project, Boehner and his staff have helped veterans get the recognition they deserve for their service by awarding upgraded service medals and honorary high school diplomas. 2) *Promoting transparency and open-government*. The Library has been a leading institutional partner in making the legislative branch more open and accountable to the American people. In 2012, the LOC unveiled the new Congress.gov <http://www.speaker.gov/general/library-congress-launches-new-congressgov>, which has made it easier for citizens to find information about the legislative process and what bills are being debated. 3) *Legislative Branch Bulk Data Task Force*. This task force <http://www.speaker.gov/general/opengov-xml-house-floor-summaries-now-availa…> was created to examine how best to increase availability of congressional information in bulk while still considering costs, timelines, authenticity of data, and further the mission of increasing transparency for the American people. As the Deputy Librarian of Congress said last year <http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2013/13-122.html>, “The Library works closely with the Congress and related agencies to make America’s federal legislative record more widely available.” 4) *The Gershwin Prize for Popular Song*. Each year the Library of Congress recognizes an artist of popular music for their outstanding contributions to American music, theatre, and culture, and to the Library of Congress. Next month, the Library will present the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song to legendary singer-songwriter Billy Joel. Speaker Boehner congratulated the Long Island native on this well-earned honor <http://www.speaker.gov/press-release/speaker-boehner-congratulates-piano-ma…>, saying, “The man makes great music, and we are grateful for his contributions.” 5) *Open door policy*. As stated earlier, the Library of Congress is architecturally and visually beautiful. From the Neptune fountain outside to the marble floors and custom arches inside, the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress is a stunning achievement for America. The preservation of our history, and accessibility of those resources, is at the forefront of its mission. So, with that accessibility comes one of the greatest things about the Library of Congress: it is open to the public and free to visit <http://www.loc.gov/visit/tours/guided-tours/thomas-jefferson-building/>. We owe a debt of gratitude to the Library of Congress and those lawmakers – and, of course, Thomas Jefferson – for making all of this possible. - See more at: http://www.speaker.gov/general/five-great-things-about-library-congress#sth… -- Thanks and regards. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jayadev P. Hiremath University Librarian Karnataka State Law University Navanagar, Hubli - 580 001 Tel : +91 836 2222901 Fax : +91 836 2323151 Mob. +91 9886080147 Website : http://www.kslu.ac.in/ E-mail : jayadevh(a)hotmail.com LinkedIn : http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jayadev-p-hiremath/44/12a/2a0 Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/people/Jayadev-P-Hiremath/603802230 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Article on Reading
by SAIACS, Chief Librarian 17 Oct '14

17 Oct '14

Hello Friends, Here is an article on reading slowly. http://online.wsj.com/articles/read-slowly-to-benefit-your-brain-and-cut-str ess-1410823086 Benefits of slow reading are reduced stress, concentration and etc. "Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people." - Eleanor Roosevelt Promote the reading habits among library users. Blessings, Yesan Sellan, B.Com., MLISc., PGDLAN, UGC-NET., BCS 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 Website: <http://www.saiacs.org/> www.saiacs.org Alternative Email: <mailto:yesans@gmail.com> yesans(a)gmail.com or <mailto:yesan.sellan@saiacs.org> yesan.sellan(a)saiacs.org cid:image002.jpg@01CFCC4B.D5B42440 ______________________________________ 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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Advanced Training Programme on ICT Applications for Libraries from 10th -30th November, 2014 at INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar
by Dinesh Ranjan 17 Oct '14

17 Oct '14

Dear Professionals, The INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar is organizing a Advanced Training Programme on ICT Applications for Libraries from 10th -30th November, 2014. *About the Course:* The Centre is conducting practical oriented “Advanced Training Programme on ICT Applications in Libraries” for the benefit of LIS professionals. Library and Information Services (LIS) are being transformed by technological developments leading to creation new opportunities and challenges for traditional libraries. With the application of ICT, libraries are adopting new methods and standards to meet the user’s needs in changing and growing digital world. Therefore, Centre has taken this new initiatives to design advance level course having all aspects of ICT on one single course. *Objectives *: - Provide an exposure of latest ICT applications to LIS professionals; - Provide practical ‘hands-on’ training in ICT applications; - Provide training on RFID, Surveillance applications, license, IPR and copyright; and - Networks and cloud computing for resource sharing. *Course content: * The following areas will be covered in the workshop and hands on practical training will be given in these areas: - New Generation ILMS software - Changing role of librarianship - Creation and managing digital library using open source software - Creation and managing institutional repository - Web technology - Networks & cloud computing - Knowledge discovery tools and techniques - Inter personnel skills for LIS professionals - Capacity building on library automation and digital library - Managing and licensing of e-resources - Use of Anti- plagiarism software - RFID Technology - E-learning management system - Information literacy - Latest trends in LIS *(Please note that 21 days Advance course is on par with UGC Refresher Course)* *Target Participants: Library and information professionals, information scientists and students. A maximum of 25-30 candidates will be enrolled for the workshop on First-Come-First-Serve basis. * *Duration: Twenty One Days * Tentative workshop schedule refer latest announcement regularly Details of the workshop is available at http://inflibnet.ac.in/forthcoming/ICT_Training%20Programme%20Brochures.pdf Dinesh Ranjan Pradhan Scientist-B (LS) INFLIBNET Centre (An IUC of UGC) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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recruitment of library trainee
by sanjeev kumar 16 Oct '14

16 Oct '14

Dear Sir/Madam, There is requirement of Library Trainee (02) at Indian Institute of Management Kashipur, Uttarakhand. In the interest and benefit of library professional kindly upload the same in this esteemed platform. For details the professional can visit IIM Kashipur website. The document is also attached herewith. thanks -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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ICSU -CODATA International Conference - SciDataCon2014
by Usha Munshi 16 Oct '14

16 Oct '14

*Invite to Participate in the International Conference : SciDataCon2014 ( *http://www.scidatacon2014.org/) The International Conference on Data Sharing and Integration for Global Sustainability (SciDataCon) is motivated by the conviction that the most significant research challenges - and in particular the pressing issues relating to global sustainability - cannot be properly addressed without due attention to various issues relating to data. SciDataCon aims to make explicit the connection between concrete and specific challenges to ensure environmental protection, economic prosperity and social well being along with the research questions that arise from these challenges and the necessary role of data policy, management and analysis in addressing these research questions. The effectiveness and credibility of research findings rely on the widest possible availability of quality-assessed and interoperable datasets. Research data are essential to all scientific endeavours. The emerging cultures of data sharing and publication, open access to, and reuse of data are the positive signs of an evolving research environment. Nevertheless, several cultural and technological challenges are still preventing the research community from realizing the full benefits of these tendencies. The Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) <http://codata.org/> and the World Data System (WDS) <http://www.icsu-wds.org/>, interdisciplinary committees of theInternational Council for Science (ICSU) <http://www.icsu.org/> are together advancing this agenda by actively promoting effective data policies and good data management practices in the research community, to produce better science, which ultimately benefits society. As a major contribution to this effort, the two organizations are co-sponsoring and organizing a high profile international biennial conference, which will examine, in an integrated way, the data issues at the heart of the global research questions and in a manner that will have tangible benefit for research and society. Addressing the theme of *Data Sharing and Integration for Global Sustainability*, SciDataCon 2014 will feature four main tracks: *(A) Dynamic Planet, (B) Global Development, (C) Transformations Towards Sustainability, and (D) Data Science and Services*. This structure is intended to bridge cross-cutting data themes and research themes of Future Earth <http://www.futureearth.info/>, an international research programme on global sustainability coordinated by ICSU and its partners and starting in 2015. By focusing on the intersection of data issues and scientific research challenges--and by advancing data science and developing international data services--SciDataCon will also amplify the message of like-minded global data initiatives promoting data sharing and interoperability, such as the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) <http://www.earthobservations.org/index.shtml> and the recently established Research Data Alliance (RDA) <https://rd-alliance.org/node>. SciDataCon will provide a unique platform bringing together international experts and practitioners in data sciences, technologies and management; researchers from the natural, social, health, and computer sciences; research funders and sponsors; and policy makers and advisors. With high-level keynotes, a mix of plenary and parallel sessions, and stimulating panels and poster sessions, SciDataCon is conceived as a focussed--yet inclusive--conference to address major issues in global data management. The International Scientific Programme Committee <http://www.scidatacon2014.org/scientific-programme/programme-committee> is playing a key role in implementing the scientific programme with innovative online consultation and input from research and data communities worldwide. *We are pleased to invite you to contribute <http://www.scidatacon2014.org/get-involved> to this exciting conference, which will take place on 2-5 November 2014 in New Delhi, India, hosted by the Indian National Science Academy <http://www.insaindia.org/>.* The* participants/delegates to this conference * could be from interdisciplinary areas that include: Library & Information Science Professionals, Scientists, technologists, computer scientists, Data experts, policy makers and the like. More details are available at : http://www.scidatacon2014.org/ Hurry up for registration, -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Applications are invited for the posts of Assistant Librarian Grade-II in Burdwan University, Burdwan
by Subhodip Bid 16 Oct '14

16 Oct '14

Dear Professional Applications are invited for the posts of Assistant Librarian Grade-II in Burdwan University, Burdwan No. of Positions: [09 Posts – (*SC – 02, *UR – 04, OBC-(A) – 01, OBC-(B) – 01, ST - 01)] Qualification :* Graduate in any Stream with degree in Library Science. Pay Band :* Rs.9000-28300 + Grade Pay Rs.4400/- For more information http://www.buruniv.ac.in/Notices/REG_2014454_NOT_WEBPAGE.pdf <http://www.jaduniv.edu.in/upload_files/recruit_data/1369405737-1.pdf> -- SUBHODIP BID M.Sc,M.L.I.S, AIS Information Professional 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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e-books management with Koha @ NIT Rourkela
by Vinod Kumar Mishra 16 Oct '14

16 Oct '14

Dear All, We are managing NIT Rourkela e-books collections with Koha, ILMS. It is very simple and useful for the enhancement of usages statistics of electronic resources. Kindly look into the below website and feel free to contact if need any assistance for the same in your libraries. http://opac.nitrkl.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-main.pl http://opac.nitrkl.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?limit=mc-itype%3AEB&so… Thanking You. With regards, Vinod Kumar Mishra, Assistant Librarian, Biju Patnaik Central Library, NIT Rourkela, Mob:91+9439420860 91+6612462103 (O) email: vinod_librarian(a)rediffmail.com : mishravk79(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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An international conference for the cerebral LIS professionals : Register yourself for ICLAM 2014
by nandini dutta 15 Oct '14

15 Oct '14

International Conference on the Convergence of Libraries, Archives and Museums (ICLAM) Date: 27th to 29th November, 2014 Venue: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi Theme: Innovative ideas, technologies and services Conference website : http://www.nift.ac.in/iclam-2014/index.html IFLA weblink : http://www.ifla.org/ node/8592 The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), the premier institute of Design, Management and Technology in India under the aegis of the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, is going to organize an international conference from 27th to 29th November,2014 at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi. It is the second conference of the series titled International Conference on the Convergence of Libraries, Archives and Museums (ICLAM) launched by NIFT in 2011. The theme of the forthcoming conference is Innovative ideas, technologies and services. Besides IGNCA, other national and international collaborating bodies at present are Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia, the Govt. Information & Official Publications section of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), The Hague, INFLIBNET and UN Information Centre for India & Bhutan. Kindly visit the conference website http://www.nift.ac.in/iclam- 2014/ . For details about registration fees please visit http://www.nift.ac.in/iclam-2014/registration-fees.html. You can pay registration fee through online mode of payment by credit/debit cards/Net banking or conventional cheque and draft. Hurry! register yourself today. Please write to the organisers (iclam.reg(a)gmail.com)if you need help for booking accommodation. With best wishes. Nandini Dutta NIFT, Hauz Khas, New Delhi Nandini -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Papers invited - " The role of libraries in providing access to E- resources"-National Seminar
by jasim s 15 Oct '14

15 Oct '14

Sir, A two day UGC sponsored seminar on " The role of libraries in providing access to E- resources" will be held on 28th and 29th November 2014 at Nirmala College, Muvattupuzha , Kerala State. Papers are invited from library professionals on the said topic. Please Contact : 8547309386 Email. : krvnamboori(a)gmail.com. Jasimudeen S Kerala -- Jasimudeen.s *Life is like a document:what matter is how good it is ,not how long it is"* *"Be in touch,I am just a mail away not a mile away"..* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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